Where the Sidewalk Ends
Poems and Drawings
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · February 18, 2014
Shel Silverstein, the New York Times bestselling author of The Giving Tree, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It, has created a poetry collection that is outrageously funny and deeply profound.
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- Who it’s for
- Funny poems and drawings make room for the absurd, the surprising, and the quietly profound.
- Themes
- Humor, Imagination
- Genres
- Poetry, Imagination & Play, Funny Stories
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Shel Silverstein, the New York Times bestselling author of The Giving Tree, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It, has created a poetry collection that is outrageously funny and deeply profound. 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.
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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 stretches the bounds of imagination and will be cherished by readers of all ages. This is a collection that belongs on everyone's bookshelf. Makes a great gift for special occasions such as holidays, birthdays, and graduation. And don't miss Runny Babbit Returns, the new book by Shel Silverstein!
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Funny poems and drawings make room for the absurd, the surprising, and the quietly profound.
Come here for
- A boy turned TV set and a girl who eats a whale
- Crocodiles at the dentist, shoes in flight, and other oddities
Expect
- A poetry collection paired with drawings
- A playful world that stretches the imagination
Where it sits
| Poetry | 86% |
|---|---|
| Imagination & Play | 32% |
| Funny Stories | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
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- Bedtime & Dreams
- New Baby Stories
- Girls & Young Women
- Authors
- Shel Silverstein
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- February 18, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Humor · Imagination
- Reading lane
- Cat Stories