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Where The Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings [Hardcover]

Shel Silverstein (Author)
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Publication Date: Nov 20 1974
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.

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Shel Silverstein shook the staid world of children's poetry in 1974 with the publication of this collection, and things haven't been the same since. More than four and a half million copies of Where the Sidewalk Ends have been sold, making it the bestselling children's poetry book ever. With this and his other poetry collections (A Light in the Attic and Falling Up), Silverstein reveals his genius for reaching kids with silly words and simple pen-and-ink drawings. What child can resist a poem called "Dancing Pants" or "The Dirtiest Man in the World"? Each of the 130 poems is funny in a different way, or touching ... or both. Some approach naughtiness or are a bit disgusting to squeamish grown-ups, but that's exactly what kids like best about Silverstein's work. Jim Trelease, author of The New Read-Aloud Handbook, calls this book "without question, the best-loved collection of poetry for children." (Ages 4 to 10)

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"A zesty collection of humorous light verse." -- SLJ.

"An ideal book for teachers to have handy . . . If you want to ungloom your day, start Where the Sidewalk Ends." -- Reading Teacher.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Poetry for People of Any Age April 7 2004
By Allison
Format:Hardcover
Silverstein's poems may not be beautiful or thought-provoking. In fact, they are a bit on the strange side. I have first gotten this book in first grade, and I have read it many times. A great poem that I would recommend is 'The Crocodile and the Dentist' (I believe that is the correct title of it).

If you're a parent, take time to read this with your children. Both of you will enjoy the creative and funny poems by Shel Silverstein.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Where the Sidewalk Ends Aug 17 2003
By "agnespet"
Format:Hardcover
This book is full of humorous poems and doesn't make you bored. The poems are mostly unpredictable as to how they will end. Everybody can get a laugh out of this book, and it is very easy to read. However there is a mystery of why the author wrote these poems. There are a lot of questions that make readers think. He has a unique taste which other authors do not have. People who haven't had a good laugh recently would like this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Children's Book of Poems Dec 2 2003
By "kat_0812"
Format:Hardcover
Shel Silverstein has made one of the best book of poems I have ever read. The poems are light and cute and some have morals to them. Take the poem "Sara Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out". This proves to kids that if you don't take the garbage out, it will just keep piling and piling up all the way to the ceiling. My favorite poem is "The Dirtiest Man In The World". I think it is so funny, but in a sick sort of way. There are lots of other poems that are funny, and I would recommend this book to any parent. I know their kids would enjoy them and will keep re-reading the book until they have the poems memorized. Some are short, some are long. The illustrations are cute just as the poems are.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Where the Sidewalk Ends
I bought this book for my son when he was a child and my friends who had children. Then for my son's friends when they had children and now, finally, for my grandaughter! Read more
Published on Jan 5 2011 by Bren
5.0 out of 5 stars the best book ever
I love this book!!! I have read probably a thousand times since i got it when i was 6. I never get tired of it. I like the way he mixes the serious poems in with the funny ones. Read more
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This book inspired me to start reading more when I was a child! I have since introduced this book to adults, teenagers and children and all have enjoyed it. Read more
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Bought this book at the flea market for 25 cents - is from Lock Haven State College in New Haven, Pa. Read more
Published on Feb 4 2004 by Caral A. Hines
5.0 out of 5 stars Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings
Fabulous! No child should grow up without this book. Shel Silverstein had the imagination of a child and an inspired ability to express it. Read more
Published on Jan 25 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars My 6 year old daughter loves it!
I bought this more for myself because I read it as a child and wanted my daughter to have the same experience. Read more
Published on Jan 2 2004 by Aimee Hutton
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I first heard the poems from "Where the sidewalk ends" from my middle school teacher (how was the librarian) and that was over seventeen years ago. Read more
Published on Dec 9 2003 by Suyen Coe
5.0 out of 5 stars The best book around!
"Where the sidewalk ends" should be bought for every child born! This book has brought laughter throughout our house, even to this day, 25 years later! Read more
Published on Oct 28 2003 by lori e. mroz
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