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Loading... Where the Sidewalk Ends (original 1974; edition 2002)by Shel Silverstein
Work InformationWhere the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein (1974)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This book is my American childhood. This is every afternoon at school, from kindergarten in 1977 to third grade in 1980, sitting on the floor in a semi-circle around various teachers (respected Mrs Case, beloved Mrs Sobel, unlovely and feared Mrs Baumgartner, glorious, worshipped Mizz Grundy) and hearing all about Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout. I can hear my esteemed 6-year-old colleague Patrick reading "What a Day" in high-pitched, giggling mid-western drawl. I remember feeling so sorry for the Australian kids I met when we returned to Melbourne in 1980. I went into Grade 4 and they'd never heard of [a:Shel Silverstein|435477|Shel Silverstein|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1201029128p2/435477.jpg]! Poor deprived mites. They'd got [a:May Gibbs|126595|May Gibbs|http://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/user/f_50x66-e0ba3b90c110cd67123d6a850d85373e.png]. Urgh. Give me the subversive Mr Silverstein any day. ( ) For poetry month and beyond, this will have children laughing out loud. Some highlights were "Boa Constrictor", "Cynthia Sylvia Stout...", "Hector the Collector", and "Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too". The students imagined where Ickle Me and friends went, and what they saw. They enjoyed sharing their imaginative responses. This book would be good for intermediate students. This book is "Where the Sidewalk Ends" written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein and published in 1974. This book is a long book with so many amazing poems about almost anything you can think of. The poems are all so good and I love the illustrations. They are black and white so not distracting, but they are so imaginative and silly still. Great book to read aloud when learning about poetry.
There's some nice, lively stuff in here, good for reading aloud on a sleety weekend afternoon. Just don't make it the only book of verse on the children's shelves. Is contained inIs expanded inAwardsNotable Lists
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. No library descriptions found.
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