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Where the Sidewalk Ends 30th Anniversary Edition: Poems and Drawings |  | Author: Shel Silverstein
Publisher: HarperCollins
List Price: $18.99
Buy Used: $6.17
as of 7/30/2010 07:35 PDT details
Seller: goodwillbooks
Rating:  112 reviews
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
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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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)
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"
Awesome book May 23, 2010
Carmen Engleman (WOODBRIDGE, NJ, US)
I bought this as a surprise birthday present for my son. He has longed for this book for many years as he no longer had the one he used to own. I gave it to him for his recent 16th birthday. It blew his mind that I remembered how much he missed and loved this book. The look on his face made my day! This book has some very amusing poems and illustrations. More than worth it. I would have paid more than twice the price! Thank you!
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