Where the Sidewalk Ends
The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein
Recommended by Sheryl Sandberg, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #2 in Poetry, Ranked #4 in Elementary — see more rankings.
Shel Silverstein shook the staid world of children's poetry in 1974 with the publication of this collection, and things haven't been the same since. More than four and a half million copies of Where the Sidewalk Ends have been sold, making it the bestselling children's poetry book ever. With this and his other poetry collections (A Light in the Attic and Falling Up), Silverstein reveals his genius for reaching kids with silly words and simple pen-and-ink drawings. What child can resist a poem called "Dancing Pants" or "The Dirtiest Man in the World"? Each of the 130 poems... more
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Rankings by Category
Where the Sidewalk Ends is ranked in the following categories:
- #32 in 1st Grade
- #33 in 2nd Grade
- #45 in 3rd Grade
- #53 in 4th Grade
- #18 in 5-Year-Old
- #22 in 6-Year-Old
- #19 in 7-Year-Old
- #18 in 8-Year-Old
- #24 in 9-Year-Old
- #26 in Bibliography
- #13 in Childhood
- #52 in Children's Chapter
- #24 in Children's Classics
- #8 in Children’s
- #36 in Comedic
- #73 in Comedy
- #12 in English Vocabulary
- #96 in Entertaining
- #94 in Entertainment
- #70 in Feel-Good
- #42 in Fun
- #44 in Funny
- #36 in Growing Up
- #38 in Humor
- #7 in Illustrated
- #5 in Illustration
- #26 in Kinder
- #12 in Nostalgia
- #48 in Old
- #15 in Older Children
- #10 in Online
- #6 in Poetry Writing
- #22 in Presentation
- #52 in Read Aloud
- #14 in Victoria
- #13 in Vocabulary
- #13 in Young Reader
- #17 in Youth
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