Name: Where the Sidewalk Ends
Rating: 4.323262839879154 (662 reviews)
ISBN: 9780060513030

Shel Silverstein

A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings.

The Poems & Drawings of Shel Silverstein

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Continuing my goal of reading kids books that I never got around to when I was younger.<br /><br />

The Myth Echo

I got nightmares from this as a kid, the good old times fr

atlantisli

I really like illustrating style and rhymes. It was very nice to read :')

Hannah Russo

MY FAVORITE POETRY BOOK! grew up with it as a kid and read it almost every night. it always managed to keep me entertained, along with multiple other Shel Silverstein books. always admired his imagination.

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 . . . If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire For we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in!

Ami Is Dreaming Again

Shrouk Shafie

The rhymes are really beautiful and musical. I enjoyed reading it, but some poems I could not understand unfortunately. It’s a big weird mix between dark comedy and sadness.

Nicole Dykeman

I loved these when I was a kid, and they're still classics.

Vittoria Vespoli 

3,5
I liked it, was fun. 
Someone said to read them out loud, I second that.

Doménica Corral

And all the colors I am inside
Have not been invented yet.

Stacey 

Hilarious! I’ve never read poems that were funny so this was new to me! I love how some poems were so simple and others were almost like a short story. There were some insightful poems that I connected to. The one that left me thinking most, was the last poem “The Search”. I’m always in such a hurry to get the thing I’m looking and working for that when I get it, I’m left with “so what do I strive for now?” I don’t enjoy the time spent working towards something; only acquiring it. Being in the mindset of “getting, getting, getting” sometimes leaves me feeling empty. In conclusion, I love this book.

Brooke Barnett

I love reading all the funny and uplifting poetry

Chelsea Hunter

This was a cute collection of poems that was fun to read.

Jessica 

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Once upon a time, this was one of the first books I have a deep memory of. All those years ago, as a child, my parents would read to me the pages of various books. Where the Sidewalk Ends is one of the first ones I truly--and completely--remember reading. In the days where I was still trying to learn how to read, this is one of the many books I would attempt and there's always going to be a sort of fondness in my heart for this one. 

Who doesn't love a good throwback? A few months ago, my friend had me watch her daughter and I read to her the words of Shel Silverstein. Not only did she love it, I had a massive hit of nostalgia and am pleased to know that something still stirs in my chest when it comes to this. Just as beautiful and fun as it was when we were children, Where the Sidewalk Ends has rightfully earned its place as a classic and continues to shape the way habits of young readers everywhere. 

The very definition of timeless. I instantly felt like a little girl again while rereading this.

Where the Sidewalk Ends The Poems & Drawings of Shel Silverstein

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