Where The Sidewalk Ends

A great collection of poems with amazing illustrations paired along with them. If you have/are a child, I would recommend this book fully, since children will probably find this book to be great fun, as many adults have also done before.

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And wished for more.

And more... And more... They multiplied

While other people smiled and cried

And loved and reached and touched and felt.

Lester sat amid his wealth

Stacked mountain-high like stacks of gold.

Sat and counted—and grew old.

And then one Thursday night they found him

Dead—with his wishes piled around him.

And they counted the lot and found that not

A single one was missing.

All shiny and new—here, take a few

And think of Lester as you do.

In a world of apples and kisses and shoes

He wasted his wishes on wishing.

never read any shel silverstein as a child but i have read masks and it warmed my heart so i picked this up... kinda was a bust but maybe 8 year old me would have devoured it

You can feel your imagination expanding reading this.
A great remedy for writer's block, plus it's perfectly funny.

A wonderful book of poems. So many of these poems I remember from my childhood. A great book for any child (or adult) to read. A fantastic book for children to experience the wonders of poetry. Highly recommended.

Where The Sidewalk Ends is an abstract poetry book by Shel Silverstein. It deals with darker themes than one would expect for something considered “children's poetry”, including such themes as death, running away from home, giants eating other people, and many more. It is a great children's book because it is easy to read and flows very well, especially when reading out loud. It is important to keep children engaged in reading and this poetry book does this very well by implementing pictures into the poems. Some poems even required the use of certain pictures to make sense! It is very well written and is a poetry book that children will love.