ManyRoads reviewed Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
2023 Update
5 stars
As he approaches age 10... this remains a beloved tome of poetry.
Library binding, 176 pages
English language
Published Dec. 11, 1974 by HarperCollins.
5 stars
(2 reviews)
If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, A wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, A magic bean buyer... Come in ... for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist. Shel Silverstein's masterful collection of poems and drawings is at once outrageously funny and profound. This special edition has 12 extra poems the did not appear in the original collection. - Jacket flap.
Subjects
- Humorous poetry
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- Children: Grades 3-4
- Children: Grades 4-6
- Poetry - Humorous
- Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / Humorous
- Classics
- Children's poetry, American
- Humorous poetry, American