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F. Who will meet you? G. I’ll wait for you at the gate at 6:30. A Shel Silverstein was born in Chicago in 1930. He was a poet, writer and an artist. Shel Silverstein is best known for his books for children. However, people of all ages like these poems and stories. His first children’s book ca me out in 1963. It is called Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. It is about a lion that eats hunters and lives like a human. One year later, his book The Giving Tree came out. It may be his most popular book. This story is about a boy and a tree that loves him. The tree gives the boy everything until it can give no more. Both adults and children have enjoyed reading his book. Shel Silverstein is also famous for his poetry. His first children39。s poetry book is Where the Sidewalk Ends. It was published in 1974. It has more than one hundred poems and many drawings. The poems and drawings are creative, funny and wise. In the books readers meet a boy who turns into a television set and a girl who eats a whale. In the 1980s, Shel Silverstein began writing plays. He wrote about twenty of them. His first play is called The Lady or the Tiger Show. Shel Silverstein once said that he wanted to go everywhere, look at and listen to everything. He said people could go crazy with the wonderful things in life. And he municated this in all of his writings and drawings. He died of heart failure in 1999. l. When was Shel Silverstein39。s most popular book published? A. In 1964 B. In 1963 C. In 1980 D. In 1965 2. What is Shel Silverstein39。s first children’s book about? A. A beautiful lady and a fierce tiger. B. A boy who turns into a television set and a girl who eats a whale. C. A boy and a tree that loves him. D. A lion that eats hunters and lives like a human. 3. Which of the following is NOT true about Shel Sil