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Where the Sidewalk Ends Poems and Drawings

Where the Sidewalk Ends Poems and Drawings

by Shel Silverstein

Book Details

Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1974
Language: en
Pages: 176
ISBN: 9780060256678
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Looky Rating System Score adjusted for ages 4+

Confidence: 75%

Content Intensity

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2
💥ViolenceLow
0
❤️Love & RomanceNone
1
🧠Mental HealthVery low
0
💬!*$#LanguageNone
0
🍷🚬Substance UseNone
2
😨Fear / HorrorLow

Story Themes

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5
🧙Fantasy / SupernaturalCentral storyline
0
🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ RepresentationNot present
0
🚀Sci-Fi / FuturisticNot present
0
Disability & NeurodiversityNot present

Description

<i>If you are a dreamer, come in,<br> If you are a dreamer,<br> A wisher, a liar,<br> A hope-er, a pray-er,<br> A magic bean buyer …</i><p> Come in … for where the sidewalk ends, 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. <p> Shel Silverstein’s masterful collection of poems and drawings is at once outrageously funny and profound. <p>

Themes & Topics

Juvenile NonfictionJuvenile FictionPoetryHumorousClassics
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