Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.6
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
5049
Points per Word
0.000198
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Series
Inventors and Creators
Description
This introduction to the life and work of Shel Silverstein discusses his childhood and education, his time in the military, his early career as a cartoonist, and his success as a composer, playwright, and writer.