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Where the Sidewalk Ends

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Shel Silverstein, the New York Times bestselling author of The Giving Tree, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It, has created a poetry collection that is outrageously funny and deeply profound. 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 stretches the bounds of imagination and will be cherished by readers of all ages. This is a collection that belongs on everyone's bookshelf. Makes a great gift for special occasions such as holidays, birthdays, and graduation.

And don't miss these other Shel Silverstein ebooks, The Giving Tree, A Light in the Attic, and Falling Up!

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Release dateOct 22, 2019
ISBN9780061965258
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
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Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein 's incomparable career as a bestselling children's book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. He is also the creator of picture books including A Giraffe and a Half, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, and the perennial favorite The Giving Tree, as well as classic poetry collections such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Every Thing On It, Don't Bump the Glump!, and Runny Babbit.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A classic collection of humorous poems with illustrations, for kids and adults, sometimes dark a la Gahan Wilson. Silverstein also did an album of readings.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A delight to read with illustrations as good as the poetry! Quirky and fun.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Some of my favorite childhood poetry.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Shel Silverstein has put together a wonderful collection of poetry in this book, appealing to all ages. Some are longer, some short, but every poem is entertaining and clever. I admire this author's creative imagination and his ability to think young. Some of my favorite poems from this book include the following: The Bagpipe Who Didn't Say No, True Story, Sick, Lester, My Rules, The Edge of the World, Love, What's in the Sack, and The Land of Happy. This book has many fun poems for anyone of any age to enjoy.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Where the Sidewalk Ends is a collection of poetry and accompanying artwork for children and is something of a classic, for all I only read it as an adult. I really enjoyed the poems and artwork. They didn't all rhyme, some were sad, some were funny and a lot of them made me smile. I loved FOR SALE about selling off a younger sister. I can relate to it now and I definitely could relate to it as a kid. Highly recommend to people of all ages but I think kids will love the silliness of both the poetry and illustrations. 4 stars.My favourites are below the spoiler. INVITATIONIf 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...If you're a pretender, come sit by my fireFor we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in!Come in!MAGICSandra's seen a leprechaun,Eddie touched a troll,Laurie danced with witches once,Charlie found some goblins' gold.Donald heard a mermaid sing,Susy spied an elf,But all the magic I have knownI've had to make myself.LISTEN TO THE MUSTN'TSListen to the MUSTN'TS, child,Listen to the DON'TSListen to the SHOULDN'TSThe IMPOSSIBLES, the WON'TSListen to the NEVER HAVESThen listen close to me - Anything can happen, childANYTHING can be.FOR SALEOne sister for sale!One sister for sale!One crying and spying young sister for sale!I'm really not kidding, So who'll start the bidding?Do I hear a dollar?A nickel?A penny?Oh, isn't there, isn't there, isn't there anyOne kid who will buy this old sister for sale,This crying and spying young sister for sale?NO DIFFERENCESmall as a peanut,Big as a giant,We're all the same sizeWhen we turn off the light.Rich as a sultan,Poor as a mite,We're all worth the same When we turn off the light.Red, black or orange,Yellow or white,We all look the sameWhen we turn off the light.So maybe the wayTo make everything rightIs for God to just reach outAnd turn off the light!WHAT A DAYWhat a day,Oh what a day.My baby brother ran away,And now my tuba will not play.I'm eight years old And turning grey,Oh what a day,Oh what a day.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is one of my most favorite poetry books to this day! This book is awesome and has so many different themes and meanings behind all the poems.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends is a delightful way to teach children about the joy of poetry. This collection is full of funny and silly situations with drawings to match that will tickle kids. Some of the poems involve everyday situations, but most venture into fantasy territory to increase the fun. Among the little stories told in poetry, there is a crocodile at the dentist with a toothache, a boy who puts his sister up for sale, a king who loves only peanut butter sandwiches, and an armadillo who needs a bath. In other words, though the concepts are on their surface outlandish, they reflect some aspects of reality of a child but turn them into a delightful flights of imagination. No matter how bad something may seem, it could be worse!Altogether wonderful!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Admittedly, I read some of Silverstein’s other works over the years (i.e. The Giving Tree and The Missing Piece Meets the Big O), but have no memory of ever reading this one. I specifically chose this book since it is seen as arguably Silverstein’s most controversial work. Being a sucker for controversy, I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. All in all, I would say it was overblown. Even though I could never see a poem like “Dreadful” being written today because it concerns eating children, never did I feel like the poems were ever cruel or mean-spirited. Personally, my favorites ended up being: “Smart,” “True Story,” “Hector The Collector,” “Lester,” “Paul Bunyan,” and “The Little Blue Engine.”
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    read it over and over and over again.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Very whimsical and fun, I enjoy his poetry.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Best kids poetry ever! My 6th grade English teacher would read selections to us as a reward for working hard in class. We all loved it. Sarah Silvia Cynthia Stout would not take the garbage out...
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I was never really into poems. I found this book at Goodwill and something in my head said... you should get this and read this. I was happy I listened to the little voice in my head. The poems were funny, dark and some disturbing... my cup of tea. No love and happy thoughts just weird little poems and illustrations I might add. I don't know if it's a book for everyone but it's for the weirdo in all of us.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I don't know quite how my family came to have this book in our possession but I remember reading it over and over and was just amazed at how different his poetry was and it really opened my eyes. I came to realize anything can be poetry and poetry can bring you happiness and a sense of belonging. I know that isn't really a review but this book has held a special place in my heart and I think everyone should read it once.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Where the side walk ends is a book written by Shel Silverstein that includes many different poems. The poems random, funny and are great for introducing poetry to children. I would read this to children at any age.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    These poems are great for young children. They are able to connect to these poems and learn how they can write out poetry also. It helps open up their imagination.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I enjoyed this books for a number of reasons. The poems in this story are fun and silly, and remind me of my childhood. The language of each poem has a silly and playful tone, which children find very enjoyable. There is nothing too serious about the poems in the book which makes this books a fun read. The characters in each poem are silly and funny, and the scenarios that they are in are humorous. The illustrations next to each poem are also funny, and do a good job of illustrating the humor of each passage. Some poems are silly but others have an overall theme and message to them. The writing style of each poem is engaging for kids and allows children to be interested in poetry. The poems themselves are well organized and the language is fitting for the age range Shel Silverstein is writing for.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I remember having read this as a kid and the poems and illustrations were funny. Now reading it as an adult it's still fun. I'm surprised reading it now how many are actually educational or try to teach good manners as well as being funny. Others would probably not be published now in our hyper sensitive culture. Aimed for grade schoolers and would be good for them to read or for them to be read aloud.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    My child self gives it a higher rating than my adult self. I'll stick with the child 5 star rating. :)
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A favorite of many children, Silverstein's collection of silly poetry and drawings is a great teaching tool.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Great poems and drawings!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    These poems are fun and entertaining for children to read. They do not relate to one another. These would be a great way to introduce poetry to students. This is for second to fifth graders.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I like this book because it is full of many different poems that children can relate too. I like these poems because they are fun to read and relatable. For example, my brother use to read me the poem from this book entitled “For Sale.” This one is my favorite because the brother in the poem is trying to sell his “crying and spying” sister. When I was younger I thought this was very funny and relatable because we use to fight and he would pretend to give me away. Another reason I like this book is because of the illustrations. There is an illustration with each poem. I think this really helps children understand the poems and illustrations are unique with poetry so I think that is a great feature of this book. I also like how each illustration is in black and white. Each of these poems has a different message but overall each poem is imaginative with a rhyme scheme and makes the reader think.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I love Shel Silverstein and his collected poems and drawings in Where the Sidewalk Ends is one of my favorites. The book's tone is set from the very beginning with the poem, Invitation "If you are a dreamer, come in, If your are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer . . . If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire For we have some flax-golden tales to spin. . . .". Silverstein so captures all the fun of childhood and reminds us as adults to capture that long-ago time when we were pretenders and magic bean buyers. His illustrations make me long to go back to my childhood when my sisters and I planted corn in my grandparents drive-way to see if it would grow or all the times we used an abandoned shed as a fort, a castle, a jail, a home. All of us need to take time and find and then go to that crazy, ridiculous world that Silverstein has created in his poems and drawings.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is a large compilation of poems that Shel has written. Each one is creative and is accompanied by an illustration to make the picture even clearer in your head. My favorite is LOVE which is about a little girl who is supposed to hold us a banner that spells love but her three other friends never show so she's the only letter of love. This is good poetry because they have rhyme and a rhythm to them that make them a poem and also are very detailed so they tell you a story. Would use this for primary and intermediate. Illustrations: ink
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I actually was drawn to this book. The book has many different individual poems and most of the poems have an illustration that goes with it. One of the poems was called, “jumping rope” and the illustration of a boy with rope all wrapped around him. Another example is “me and my giant” with the illustration showing a large foot and a little girl about the size of a toe. The art really goes with the book, it enhances the tale of each of the individual stories.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This was a delight to read with my boys, age 4 and 7. They belly-laughed a lot and resisted putting the book down every night with pleas for "one more poem!" "Boa Constrictor" was an instant classic which they made me read every night before we moved on to poems we hadn't yet read.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I've enjoyed just about every poem I've read by Shel SIlverstein. I think we own all of his books. Love the illustrations, the puns and word turns.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    When I was a new mom and had more time and energy to be 'crafty' I made my own letter-writing stationery. I took nice colored sheets of paper, and copied the shortest poems and simplest (but most interesting) drawings from this book and it's sequel into two of the corners. And then I didn't send it to anyone but instead wrote letters on plain paper because I didn't want to part with my handiwork. I think I still have one or two sheets, over two decades later.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A timeless collection of fun and interesting poetic tales with lessons about life and friendship to boot!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book is a collection of various poems and I enjoyed reading many of them. As a child, I remember my teacher reading these to me at the end of the day or a break in-between different subjects. I like how it is organized and how each poem has an illustration to go along with it. The book is full of various poems, a new one on every page. This makes it easy to skip around and read some in spare time. They're short and simple for children to read and understand. The illustrations are abstract but cool and intriguing to look at. The pictures are black and white, which goes along with the simplicity of the short poems. The big idea of this book is to expose readers to different types of poems.