| Where the Sidewalk Ends 30th Anniversary Edition: Poems and Drawings |  | Author: Shel Silverstein
Publisher: HarperCollins
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Rating:  113 reviews
Sales Rank: 647
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 30 Anv
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.6 x 1.1
ISBN: 0060572345
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780060572341
ASIN: 0060572345
Publication Date: January 2004
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Including 12 New Poems! 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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The Sidewalk Leads to Memory Lane August 25, 2010
M. Puvogel (Seattle, WA USA)
I remember reading this, "A Light in the Attic" and James and the Giant Peach all during one particularly warm, childhood summer here in Seattle (they happen occasionally believe it or not). Flash forward 25 or so years and I am reading this to my own son who is just as interested in the fun pictures, word play and cadence as I was. This time, the smile on my face stems from two periods of time - the current in watching my son's reactions and the memories of my past flooding in.
I am fairly certain that when I read them as a child, I did not see or understand the depth of what was being presented - I certainly didn't have the wisdom at that time to affirm the sentiment of each poem. I am now finding fun teaching opportunities on practically every page.
As expected, this book is finding its way into the bedtime story rotation and will certainly be in need of replacement soon enough.
I fully recommend starting your own adventure down the sidewalk. Perhaps the question to ask is, "does the sidewalk end after all?"
Gets better with age July 17, 2010
B. Wilfong (Newark, OH)
Shel Silverstein was a magician with words and the English language, and his linguistic dexterity is on full display in this collection. To read it to the young is to show them the possibilities of language, and in that regard these poems are necessary reading.
Like most of us, I first came across these poems in my elementary school classroom. I bought this collection a while ago, and read through it at the pace of a few poems a day. The memories that came flooding back were astounding to me.
Many have said this is a book of funny nonsense poems. Nothing could be further from the truth. Although this collection has its share of "nonsense" poems, almost every piece in this collection has some point or lesson. Poems like "Invitation", "No Difference", and "The Little Blue Engine" are profound in their simplicity and in the depth of their themes. Silverstein was also a savage satirist and there are more than a few biting pieces in this collection.
Read it to the young, but you will get something from it also!
Great elementary age or older kids book. July 4, 2010
J. Blair (Rocky Mountains, CO)
We got Shel's poem books for our boys about 10 or 12 years back and they loved them. My oldest has latched on to them for himself. I have a nephew just starting elementary school so we got him a copy of this first book. He loves it as much as our boys did so he will probably get the others that Shel wrote.
Great book for the whole family May 25, 2010
Waterbeds USA
This is a great book I have bought many of Shel Silverstein books and not only do my 4 kids enjoy ages 1-22 but I also enjoy reading the book myself. Highly recommend to anyone that likes to read short stories or poems.
Let the kid in you surpass snobbery May 24, 2010
Linda Powell (Beverly Hills, Fl USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
No matter your age; loosen your tie, place a lampshade on your head, get comfy on the floor of your closet. Then take a plunge into Shel Silverstein's world of poems and drawings. Read "Where the Sidewalk Ends" 30th anniversary edition. Have more fun than you ever remember having for Shel has his own style. This book is written specifically for those kids ages nine through twelve but, once you have on your happy hat, you will be transformed back to happy, happy times.
Shel Silverstein has written poems, stories, songs ("A Boy Named Sue", for Johnny Cash) and plays. He sings, shouts, tells and draws his happy places. It is the reader's fundamental duty to pass these fun filled passages on to the children of the world and never forget the fun we have had with these books. And keep on having that fun!
Linda Langan Powell, author, "The Old Cypress Tree"
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