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.
Hardcover, 176 pages
English language
Published Nov. 3, 2002 by Harpercollins Childrens Books.
Where the Sidewalk Ends
4 stars
(169 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.
ManyRoads reviewed Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Review of 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
My 7+ year old grandson found a few poems perplexing, a few interesting and many 'belly laughing' hilarious. Amazingly, he even managed to fall asleep after we read 30+ pages each night for the past few days at bedtime.
As he approaches age 10... this remains a beloved tome of poetry.
Anne Merrill reviewed Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Review of 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
My hair grows to my toes
I never wear no clothes
I wrap my hair around my bare and down the street I goes
Subjects
- Children: Grades 2-3
- Humorous poetry
- Humorous poetry, American
- Children's poetry, American