. His first play was The Lady and the Tiger and it was produced at the Ensemble Studio Theater’s annual festival of one-act plays. Silverstein had never thought he would write children’s books. It was his friend Tomi Unger that took Silverstein to Ursula Nordstrom’s office whom in which persuaded him that he in fact could write for children. Nordstrom became Silverstein’s editor and they developed a mutually rewarding relationship between them. Silverstein, author-illustrator, says he would not change something because an editor suggested it. Silverstein adds, “…he will take a suggestion for a revision. I do eliminate certain things when I’m writing for children if I think that only an adult will get the idea. Then I’ll drop it, or save it. But editors messing with the content? No.” (Mercier) Silverstein donated the book Where the Sidewalk Ends to his editor Ursula Nordstrom. Silverstein is a very giving man. Ursula Nordstrom knows this as she has had the honor of working with Silverstein throughout his career. Silverstein has written and illustrated many children’s books. However children are not the only ones that love Silverstien’s style. Silverstein tries to reach out to as many people as he can with his writing. He states, I would hope that people, no matter what age, would find something to identify with in my books, pick up one and experience a personal sense of discovery. That’s great. But for them, not for me. I think that if you’re a creative person, you should just go about your business, do your work and not care about how it’s received. I never read reviews, because if you believe the good ones you have to believe the bad ones too. Not that I don’t care about success. I do, but only because it lets me do what I want. I was always prep...
