Guide Note

Where the Sidewalk Ends is a children's book consisting of Shel Silverstein's poetry.

Fast Facts

1. Author: Shel Silverstein
2. Genre: Childrens Books
3. Publication Date: 1974
4. Publisher: HarperCollins
5. Pages: 166
6. ISBN 9780060586539
7. Awards/Distinctions: New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year
8. The 30th Anniversary Edition includes twelve additional poems
9. Has been banned from some school libraries for rebellious nature of some of its poems

• 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 Dirtest 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 "Googie"s Are Coming
• Hat
• Hector the Collector
• Helping
• Homemade Boat
• Hug o'War
• Hungry "Mungry"
• I Must Remember
• I Won't Hatch!
• "Ickle" Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too
• If I Had a Brontosaurus
• If the World Was Crazy
• I'm Making a List
• 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't"s
• The Little Blue Engine
• Longest Nose (Lyric Form)
• The Long-Haired Boy
• The Loser
• Love
• Ma and God
• Magic
• Magical Eraser
• Me and My Giant
• Melinda Mae
• Merry...
• Me-Stew
• Minnow Minnie
• My Beard
• My Hobby
• My Rules
• No Difference
• Oh Have You Heard
• One Inch Tall
• The One Who Stayed
• "Ourchestra"
• Pancake?
• Paul Bunyan
• Peanut-Butter Sandwich
• Pirate Captain Jim
• The Planet of Mars
• A Poem on the Neck of a Running Giraffe (Lyric Form)
• 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 Silvia 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"