Where the Sidewalk Ends 30th Anniversary Edition: Poems and Drawings

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	Where the Sidewalk Ends 30th Anniversary Edition: Poems and Drawings HarperCollins, 2004 - 192 pages average customer review:based on 74 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Where the Sidewalk Ends, Shel Silverstein

I really enjoy reading Shel Silverstein's poems. They are well written and everyone of them makes me smile. I am 20 years old and someday I want to read Silvertein's books to my kids. They are simple yet have messages in them that children can pick up; here's an example:

Inside everybody's nose
there lives a sharped toothed-snail.
So if you stick your finger in,
He may bite off your nail.
Stick it farther up inside,
And he may bite your ring off.
Stick it all the way, and he
may bite the whole thing off.

and one of my favorites is:

I've never washed my shadow out
in all the time I've had it.
It was absolutely filthy I supossed,
And so today I peeled it off
The wall where it was leaning
And stuck it in the washtub
With the clothes.
I put in soap and bleach and stuff,
I let it soak for hours.
I wrung it out and hung it out to dry,
And whoever would have thunk
That it would have gone and shrunk
For now it's so much
Littler than I.

So I really recommend owning this book. Whether you read it to uplift your day or for your children.

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Good Memories

I remember when I was in the second grade, I had started reading Shel Silverstein's "Where The Sidewalk Ends" and "Light In The Attic." At that age, writing like that sticks in your mind forever. Recently, now in my mid-twenties, some good friends of mine were moving away with their little boy, and I wanted to get them a going away present. I could think of nothing better than the 30th Anniversary Edition of Where The Sidewalk Ends. When it arrived at my doorstep, I of course could not help myself. Starting at the very beginning, I ready every poem, unlocking so many memories from my childhood as I did so. The best thing about the poems of Silverstein was that his writing is still just as funny now as it was when I was so very young. Lately I have found that to be a very rare quality. So, of course, I have to recommend this book to anyone that grew up reading his poems and now have kids of their own, or to those that grew up without him. You dont have to have kids to get this book. Just keep it on your bookshelf for the neices and nephews and cousins that are bound to visit anytime. If nothing else works, this will definitely shut them up!!

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Best. Baby Gift. Ever.

I purchased this book for my boss's daughter's first birthday. I personally have loved this book since I first read it. It's clever, entertaining and funny among other things. One of my favorite books and every time I've purchased it as a gift, they've loved it too.

Excellent Book

I have loved this book since I was a kid. I just recently bought this to replace my old ones (which I will always keep). This book is great for people of all ages!

I cannot go to school today....

I cannot go to school today.....Either of my two sisters could finish that line, possibly the entire poem to this day. We spent hours pouring over this book as children. Few can match the zany fun of Silverstein in this childrens poem book. From the crazy drawings, to the crazy lines in his poems. It sparked an interest in poetry and writing for both myself and one of my other sisters. My oldest sister would read aloud to us, or we'd read to each other. I can't see a copy of this book and not think of the countless hours of fun we had a children reading these books. My nephew has enjoyed some of his poems today. It's a classic! An unmatched classic.

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