-
- Author: Shel Silverstein
- Genre: Childrens Books
- Publication Date: 1974
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Pages: 166
- ISBN 9780060586539
- Awards/Distinctions: New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year
- The 30th Anniversary Edition includes twelve additional poems
- Has been banned from some school libraries for rebellious nature of some of its poems
-
-
Where the Sidewalk Ends is a children's book consisting of Shel Silverstein's poetry.
-
Original 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"
-
-
-
Where the Sidewalk Ends Questions
-
Is the world due to end in 2012? 3 AnswersIt looks like December 21, 2012 is the date - according to Maya Civilization. Maya calendar suggests that there will be some strange celestial alignments taking... read more -
how to unlock the door to end of mutation 1 AnswerFrom Mahalo's Kingdom Under Fire Circle of Doom Mutant Curian page: "You must either progress in Kendel's quest far enough to obtain the key to unlock the door... read more -
What the hell was with alma at the end? 1 AnswerWell, the ending is somewhat open to interpretation, but there seems to be a general agree that what happens is that Alma rapes you at the end right before you ... read more -
when will this world recession end ? 3 AnswersI answered this under "Unemployment" then copied it here for your convenience. The formatting fell apart in the process so forgive the hack and slash paragraph... read more
-
-
Where the Sidewalk Ends Author Information
- Mahalo's Guide to Shel Silverstein
- ShelSilverstein.com
- Wikipedia: Shel Silverstein
- FamousPoetsandPoems.com: Shel Silverstein Profile
- Poets.org: Shel Silverstein Profile
- The Shel Silverstein Archive





