Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings Review
- Where the Sidewalk Ends turns forty! Celebrate with this anniversary edition that features an eye-catching commemorative red sticker. This classic poetry collection, which is both outrageously funny and profound, has been the most beloved of Shel Silverstein’s poetry books for generations.
- Where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein’s world begins. There 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 one of Parent & Child magazine’s 100 Greatest Books for Kids. School Library Journal said, “Silverstein has an excellent sense of rhythm and rhyme and a good ear for alliteration and assonance that make these poems a pleasure to read aloud.”
- Shel Silverstein’s incomparable career as a children’s book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. In 1964, Shel’s creativity continued to flourish as four more books were published in the same year—Don’t Bump the Glump!, A Giraffe and a Half, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, and the beloved classic The Giving Tree. Later he continued to build his remarkable body of work with Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, Every Thing On It, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, and Runny Babbit.
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“One of the best books of all time — What more needs to be said? This is truly the most memorable book of my childhood. Smile after smile …. memory after memory. I agree with the reviewer here who says that “No child should grow up without this book!” … It’s fun to read, and makes some really good points about life!! Definitely a MUST HAVE at ANY age!!! Enjoy!” By S. Ralston
“I remember this book in the second grade! Wow, that was a long time ago. I remember enjoying the poems very much. Well, I stumbled upon this book a few weeks ago and decided to read them again. It had been quite some time. I still enjoyed it just as much as when I was little, if not more. “Where the Sidewalk Ends” is a literary treat for all ages.” By Michael Crane
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Product Details
Author: Shel Silverstein
Kindle Price: Hardcover $11.29 Paperback from $49.89 Audio CD from $80.00
Age Range: 6 – 8 years
Grade Level: 1 – 3
Lexile Measure: NP (What’s this?)
Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins; 1st edition (February 18, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060256680
ISBN-13: 978-0060256685
ASIN: 0060256672
Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.9 x 8.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1,425 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #264 in Books
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