Ebook: Where the sidewalk ends: the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein

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.

Amazon.com Review

Shel Silverstein shook the staid world of children's poetry in 1974 with the publication of this collection, and things haven't been the same since. More than four and a half million copies of Where the Sidewalk Ends have been sold, making it the bestselling children's poetry book ever. With this and his other poetry collections (A Light in the Attic and Falling Up), Silverstein reveals his genius for reaching kids with silly words and simple pen-and-ink drawings. What child can resist a poem called "Dancing Pants" or "The Dirtiest Man in the World"? Each of the 130 poems is funny in a different way, or touching ... or both. Some approach naughtiness or are a bit disgusting to squeamish grown-ups, but that's exactly what kids like best about Silverstein's work. Jim Trelease, author of The New Read-Aloud Handbook, calls this book "without question, the best-loved collection of poetry for children." (Ages 4 to 10)

Review

"A zesty collection of humorous light verse." -- SLJ.

"An ideal book for teachers to have handy . . . If you want to ungloom your day, start Where the Sidewalk Ends." -- Reading Teacher.

The Acrobats
Afraid Of The Dark
Alice
The Bagpipe Who Didn't Say No
Band-aids
Bang-klang
The Battle
Benjamin Bunnn
The Bloath
Boa Constrictor
Captain Hook
Chester
Colors
The Crocodile's Toothache
Dancing Pants
The Dirtiest Man In The World
Double-tail Dog
Drats
Dreadful
Early Bird
The Edge Of The World
Eighteen Flavors
Enter This Deserted House
The Farmer And The Queen
Fish?
Flag
The Flying Festoon
For Sale
Forgotten Language
The Fourth
Fred?
The Garden
The Generals
The Gypsies Are Coming
Hat
Hector The Collector
Helping
Homemade Boat
Hug O' War
Hungry Mungry
I Must Remember
I Won't Hatch!
I'm Making A List
Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too
If I Had A Brontosaurus
If The World Was Crazy
Instructions
Invention
Invisible Boy
Invitation
It's Dark In Here
Jimmy Jet And His Tv Set
Joey
Jumping Rope
Just Me, Just Me
The Land Of Happy
Lazy Jane
Lester
Listen To The Mustn'ts
The Little Blue Engine
The Long-haired Boy
The Loser
Love
Ma And God
Magic
Magical Eraser
Me And My Giant
Me-stew
Melinda Mae
Merry...
Minnow Minnie
My Beard
My Hobby
My Rules
No Difference
Oh Have You Heard
One Inch Tall
The One Wh Satyed
Ourchestra
Pancake?
Paul Bunyan
Peanut-butter Sandwich
Pirate Captain Jim
The Planet Of Mars
Point Of View
Poor Angus
Rain
The Razor-tailed Wren
Recipe For A Hippopotamus Sandwich
Ridiculous Rose
Rudy Felsh
Santa And The Reindeer
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out
The Search
Shadow Wash
Sick
The Silver Fish
Skinny
Sky Seasoning
Sleeping Sardines
Smart
Snowman
Spaghetti
Standing
Stone Telling
Thumbs
Tight Hat
The Toucan
Traffic Light
Tree House
True Story
Two Boxes
The Unicorn
Upstairs
Us
Warning
What A Day
What's In The Sack
Where The Sidewalk Ends
Who
Wild Boar
With His Mouth Full Of Food
Won't You?
The Worst
The Yipiyuk
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder