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Cover image for Where the sidewalk ends : the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein.
Format:
Book
Title:
Where the sidewalk ends : the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein.
ISBN:
9780060256678

9780060256685

9780060513030

9780060572341

9780590134699

9780060279318
Edition:
First edition.
Publication:
New York : Harper and Row, [1974]
Physical Description:
166 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
General Note:
Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein (September 25, 1930 - May 10, 1999) was an American poet, singer-songwriter, cartoonist, screenwriter, and author of children's books. He styled himself as Uncle Shelby in some works. Translated into more than 30 languages, his books have sold over 20 million copies. He was the recipient of two Grammy Awards, as well as a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination.

Includes index.
Contents:
Invitation -- Eighteen flavors -- Melinda Mae -- Sick -- Ickle me, Pickle me, tickle me too -- Enter this deserted house -- Jimmy Jet and his TV set -- For sale -- Warning -- Yipiyuk -- Crocodile's toothache -- Stone telling -- Ridiculous rose -- Boa constrictor -- Peanut-butter sandwich -- Listen to the mustn'ts -- Hug o' war -- Smart -- Forgotten language -- Farmer and the queen -- One who stayed -- No difference -- Wild boar -- Thumbs -- Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout would not take the garbage out -- My hobby -- Early bird -- Me-stew -- Captain Hook -- With his mouth full of food -- Flying festoon -- Silver fish -- Generals -- Worst -- Dreadful -- My beard.
Summary:
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. Come in - for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. 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.
Reading Level:
Ages: 4-8.

Grades PreK-3.
Program Information:
Reading Counts RC: 3.9: 3.
Holds: