Shel Silverstein Books in Order

A second helping of spoonerism poems from the Runny Babbit Billy Sook, drawn from Silverstein’s archives. Runny and his friends tumble through fairs, holidays, and everyday mishaps in verses that beg to be decoded and read aloud.

A posthumous collection of more than a hundred previously unpublished poems and drawings, arranged in the familiar style of his classic books. New characters, odd jokes, and small, thoughtful moments offer one more visit to his sideways world.

This volume reprints Silverstein’s illustrated travel pieces from his years roaming the globe on assignment, from Tokyo and Scandinavia to Mexico and Haight-Ashbury. Sketchbook-style cartoons and wry captions capture both the places and the traveler himself.

A topsy-turvy book of poems in Runny Babbit talk, where the first sounds of many words swap places and everyday phrases come out sideways. The woodland adventures are silly on the surface and a sneaky workout in listening and language.

The published screenplay of the film Things Change, co-written by David Mamet and Shel Silverstein. It follows a humble Chicago shoe shiner who agrees to take the blame for a mob murder and the bittersweet, comic misadventures that follow.

A collection of brief, adult-oriented one-act plays that showcase Silverstein’s darker humor, from barbed marital spats to off-kilter confessions and fantasy scenarios. Designed for performance, they read like rapid-fire sketches with sharp turns and punch-line endings.

A boxed set that brings together smaller-size editions of Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, and Falling Up, gathering hundreds of Silverstein’s poems and line drawings in one keepsake package for families and longtime fans.

A script collection of short, adult-themed plays that move from absurd arguments and doomed romances to strange bargains with fate. Each one uses fast dialogue and sharp reversals to push everyday situations into darker, funnier territory.

This later poetry collection leans into surreal mishaps, from kids who fall up the stairs to rooms that misbehave. It feels like a looser, more sprawling cousin to his earlier books, full of quick jokes, odd images, and sideways wisdom.

This volume pairs David Mamet’s play Bobby Gould in Hell with Shel Silverstein’s The Devil and Billy Markham, two sharply comic one-act pieces that send flawed men into the afterlife for fast-talking, foul-mouthed reckonings with their choices.

This companion to The Missing Piece follows a lonely wedge-shaped piece waiting to be chosen by the perfect circle. Instead it meets the Big O, who nudges it toward rolling on its own in a gentle parable about growth, autonomy, and companionship.

A large collection of short poems and doodles about pirates, shadows, homework, monsters, and everyday absurdities. The pieces are quick to read aloud, blending wordplay, mischief, and flashes of sadness in ways that older kids and adults both recognize.

This adult-oriented collection of captioned cartoons follows couples, families, and strangers through surreal dances of love, sex, power, and death. The spare drawings mix bleak punch lines with quiet, sometimes tender observations about how people use and care for each other.

A simple, almost wordless fable about a circle-like creature that sets off to find the wedge-shaped piece it thinks will complete it. Along the way it learns that searching, resting, and noticing the world can matter as much as feeling finished.

This classic collection gathers playful, sometimes darkly funny poems and line drawings about kids, creatures, and impossible situations. It is a read-aloud favorite that turns everyday worries and wishes into quick, surprising snapshots of childhood.

A follow-up volume of television-centered cartoons created for adult readers, again inviting you to imagine your own late-night dialogue for absurd movie scenes, commercials, and talk-show moments while Silverstein’s drawings poke fun at the glow of the TV screen.

A boy makes the case for bringing home an unlikely pet, a rhinoceros. Through simple drawings and matter-of-fact jokes, he lists all the practical, silly, and surprisingly sweet things a rhino friend can do around the house.

A boy and a tree grow up together as their lives slowly pull apart. Each time he returns, the tree offers a new gift, raising simple, powerful questions about generosity, gratitude, and what we owe the ones we love.

Silverstein’s first poetry collection introduces a menagerie of imaginary beasts in bright, loose watercolor. Short verses about glumps, gobbles, and other odd creatures balance gentle creepiness with goofy humor, inviting kids to linger over the pictures and sounds.

In this cumulative rhyming tale, a boy’s giraffe keeps gaining stranger accessories a rose on its nose, a chair for its hair, and more until the chaos finally collapses. It is a tongue-twisting, picture-packed read-aloud for younger kids.

A collection of television-themed cartoons originally created for adult readers, filled with skewed commercials, late-night movies, and bizarre on-air mishaps. Many scenes include open speech balloons, inviting you to supply your own sarcastic dialogue.

When hunters invade the jungle, a curious lion learns to shoot back, becomes a circus marksman, and is whisked into human society. His glittering new life slowly clashes with his wild past in this odd, funny fable about pride, success, and belonging.

A mock alphabet primer that pretends to teach children but is really aimed at adults, this book offers mischievous, misleading lessons and offbeat safety tips alongside stark cartoons, skewering earnest how-to guides and picture-book sweetness.

An early collection of Silverstein’s magazine cartoons, including the prison-cell drawing that gives the book its title. Single-panel scenes mix bleak punch lines, everyday frustrations, and a stubborn streak of hope in the most unlikely situations.

Silverstein’s first book gathers his Take Ten cartoons from the Pacific edition of the military newspaper Stars and Stripes, capturing offbeat, often irreverent snapshots of barracks life, boredom, and the odd humor soldiers share far from home.