Silverstein’s first book of poetry, "Don’t Bump the Glump! and Other Fantasies", was published in 1964. He’s most well-known for his books "A Light in the Attic", "The Giving Tree", and "Where the Sidewalk Ends". He has been compared to other writers, like A. A. Milne, Edward Lear, and Dr. Seuss. Shel Silverstein won multiple awards for his children’s poetry books. "Where the Sidewalk Ends" won the Michigan Young Readers’ Award in 1981, and Silverstein also won the George C. Stone Center for Children’s Books Award twice in 1984. Two books of poetry were published after Shel Silverstein’s death, "Runny Babbit" and "Every Thing on It".