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When I was teaching, sessions of reading Shel Silverstein poems aloud was a treat student would work hard to achieve. And as a parent, his poetry made for great bedtime reading and giggling.
“Where the Sidewalk Ends” is where Shel Silverstein’s world begins. You’ll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. 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.
Shel Silverstein’s poems and drawings are at both outrageously funny and platforms for discussion. Once you read “Where the Sidewalk Ends,” you and your child can continue the fun with more books in his collection.
