Shel Silverstein（1932 – 1999）《不同的舞步》Where the Sidewalk Ends/ A light in the Attic/ Runny Babbit/ 不同的舞步

• 作者在美國的NPR等網站，留下他令人難忘的聲音檔。
  

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  謝爾．希爾弗斯坦 Shel Silverstein（1932 – 1999）
  
  一位多才多藝且在美國極受歡迎的繪圖作家，集畫家、詩人、劇作家、歌手、作曲家於一身，擅長以簡單生動的圖像和淺顯的文字，呈現深刻的哲理和雋永的意趣。
  
  膾炙人口的著作包括：《閣樓上的光》、《人行道的盡頭》、《一隻向後開槍的獅子》、《愛心樹》、《誰要一隻便宜的犀牛》、《失落的一角》、《失落的一角會見大圓滿》、《往上跌了一跤》。（皆由星月書房出版）
  
  他的作品全球總銷售量超過一千八百萬本，是同時受到大人及小孩喜愛的偉大作家之一。
  
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  • Shel Silverstein (1930?-1999): poet, illustrator, songwriter and composer, The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends
• Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook [Hardcover] Shel Silverstein 

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  Shel Silverstein 的繪本書，台灣譯本已有七八本：不同的舞步(Different Dances，馮光遠譯，台北：玉山，2005)，這書中文字，可能只百來字。

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不同的人生舞步 不同的希爾弗斯坦

這不是為每一個人而寫的書，不過所有具精緻品味的人，都會喜愛這部機智作品裡的每一篇漫畫。-----------------出版人週刊Publisher’s Weekly

除了以俐落的線條，創造圖形，幽默地譬喻生命起伏。他也善於人生嘲諷，帶來無奈的悵然和愴然。------------------名作家劉克襄

他的黑色幽默，讓我衰老的心酸楚又安慰。------------------蘋果日報總主筆卜大中

你我早知道他睿智溫馨勵志，不曉得他還是最欠揍的兩性評論專家。------------------名作家盧郁佳

電視鬼才詹仁雄------------------ 聯手推薦！

一位為全家畫畫的圖畫作家——不同的人生舞步 不同的希爾弗斯坦

當 男孩被《一隻向後開槍的獅子》逗得樂不可支，女孩深深地被《失落的一角》感動不已，在《愛心樹》內翻閱為人母無私奉獻的媽媽，而謝爾．希爾弗斯坦當然也 沒忘了爸爸，為工作燃燒、為家人奮鬥的男人。於是他創作《不同的舞步》這本書，邀請每位讀者暫歇勞碌的腳步和煩躁的心情，脫掉領帶敞開心胸一起與謝爾跳一 支笑看人生百態的舞。
就因為現實生活比虛構世界更荒謬，只是大眾在幾次的震撼中逐漸麻痺身心。而透過謝爾．希爾弗斯坦的筆，簡單的線條勾勒岀真 實人生中無奈的反擊，以黑色幽默 的手法，包裝苦澀的追求、磨合的婚姻、嚴肅的教養和辛辣的兩性課題，提醒大家除了這些生活瑣事外，我們已經多久沒為一朵花夭折摧毀而掩面哭泣了呢？

餵完牛奶哄小孩入睡新手的爸爸該看，看謝爾對〈好好教小孩〉所下的定義。
在房貸、車貸和學貸夾縫下生活，且零用錢不夠用的男人該看，看他傳授不花錢〈取悅女生〉的奧義。
擁有美女作陪跑車相伴的都會雅痞該看，看他如何詮釋〈跟我同居〉的窘境

很久沒說故事給老公聽的老婆該買，讓謝爾教你如何建立一段〈舒服關係〉
覺得女模瘦得是一種病態的女人該買，讓他教你如何運用女人天生的〈致命武器〉。
我這麼正卻沒人追的正妹該買，看他如何透露〈誠徵真男人〉的秘密。

看過或沒聽過謝爾作品的人更應該買《不同的舞步》，這是一本讓你認識不為人知謝爾的一本書。

2009/4/30 台大圖書館管理系

A Light in the Attic

by Shel Silverstein

Last night while I lay thinking here
Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
And pranced and partied all night long
And sang their same old Whatif song:
Whatif I flunk that test?
Whatif green hair grows on my chest?
Whatif nobody likes me?
Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?...

Here in the attic of Shel Silverstein you will find Backward Bill, Sour Face Ann, the Meehoo with an Exactlywatt, and the Polar Bear in the Frigidaire. You will talk with Broiled Face, and find out what happens when Somebody steals your knees, you get caught by the Quick-Digesting Gink, a Mountain snores, and They Put a Brassiere on the Camel.
From the creator of the beloved poetry collections Where the Sidewalk Ends and Falling Up, here is another wondrous book of poems and drawings.

2007/9/05

幾天前 無意間發現:
Where the Sidewalk Ends 竟然有翻譯本--
{人行道的盡頭} 希爾弗斯坦(Shel Silverstein)文.圖 ;
鄭小芸譯，臺北市 : 玉山社出版事業公司, 1995
這位（故）Shel Silverstein 唱起自己的詩
可是相當經彩的【可在網路美國的NPR電台找到】

在這本書pp.66-7 有一首 THE CROCODILE'S TOOTHACHE，有點意思，或許也可以當政治寓言。一笑。


Author 席佛斯坦 (Silverstein, Shel), 作
Title 一隻向後開槍的獅子 : 拉夫卡迪歐 / 希爾弗斯坦(Shel Silverstein)作 ; 鄭小芸譯.
Imprint 臺北市 : 玉山社出版事業公司, 1995[民84]

Where the Sidewalk Ends (book)

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974) is a book of children's poetry written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein. The book's poems address many common childhood concerns, as well as presenting purely fanciful stories.
In 2004, a special 30th Anniversary Edition was published, which included 12 new poems.
The book has been banned or removed from some school libraries due to the rebellious and somewhat terrifying nature of some of the poems, and some risque illustrations.

Poem titles (1974 edition)

• Invitation
• The Acrobats
• Magic
• Homemade Boat
• I Must Remember
• The Fourth
• Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too
• Captain Hook Hear it Read
• Hug O' War
• It's Dark In Here
• Ourchestra
• Flag
• Colors
• The Loser
• Joey
• Listen to the Mustn'ts
• Jimmy Jet and His TV Set
• Early Bird
• Sky Seasoning Hear it Read
• The Farmer and the Queen
• Pancake?
• Smart
• Us
• I'm Making a List
• Me and My Giant
• Rain
• Two Boxes
• True Story
• Boa Constrictor
• Hector the Collector
• Invention Hear it Read
• The Gypsies Are Coming
• For Sale
• Sleeping Sardines
• One Inch Tall
• Enter This Deserted House
• Sick
• Upstairs
• The Garden
• Jumping Rope
• Who
• Ridiculous Rose
• Where the Sidewalk Ends Hear it Read
• Snowman
• The Crocodile's Toothache
• Thumbs
• Wild Boar
• Lester
• Sarah Cynthia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out
• Drats
• Hat
• My Rules
• Oh Have You Heard
• Warning
• The Unicorn
• Tree House
• The Flying Festoon
• No Difference
• Invisible Boy
• Tight Hat
• Peanut-Butter Sandwich
• Lazy Jane
• The Edge of the World
• Santa and the Reindeer

• The Toucan
• The Planet of Mars
• Love
• The Dirtiest Man in the World
• Point of View
• Magical Eraser
• Spaghetti
• Helping
• If I Had a Brontosaurus
• Benjamin Bunnn
• The Battle
• Minnow Minnie
• The Razor-Tailed Wren
• The Bloath
• The Yipiyuk
• What's in the Sack?
• Won't you?
• Alice
• Shadow Wash
• Recipe for a Hippopotamus Sandwich
• Eighteen Flavors
• Poor Angus
• What a Day
• Ma and God
• Bang-Klang
• Traffic Light
• Me-Stew
• Double-Tail Dog
• Paul Bunyan
• Dancing Pants
• I Won't Hatch!
• With His Mouth Full of Food
• My Hobby
• Instructions
• The Worst
• Tha Bagpipe Who Didn't Say No
• Rudy Felsh
• Fred?
• The Long-Haired Boy
• Band-Aids
• Dreadful
• Skinny
• The Land of Happy
• Pirate Captain Jim
• Fish?
• If the World Was Crazy
• Stone Telling
• Chester
• The Silver Fish
• Forgotten Language
• The Generals
• Just Me, Just Me
• Standing
• The One Who Stayed
• Melinda Mae
• The Little Blue Engine
• Afraid of the Dark
• Hungry Mungry
• My Beard
• Merry...
• The Search

30th Anniversary Special Edition Poem Titles The Truth About TurtlesOops!Mr. Grumpledump's SongNaked HippoWho's Taller?MonstersWeightliftressDon't Tell MeTen-O-CycleThe Unfunny JesterOpen-CloseGorilla*****