Throwback Thursday: Where the Sidewalk Ends

Where the Sidewalk Ends

BY Shel Silverstein

“If you are a dreamer, come in,
If you are a dreamer,
A wisher, a liar,
A hope-er, a pray-er,
A magic bean buyer …

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.” –Goodreads

I feel that Shel Silverstein was a requirement for any child’s library. Occasionally I would just flip through the book to look at the pictures. I remember that a few of those illustrations disturbed me, but the poems were funny.

This meme is hosted by Casual Reader. Here are the rules:

1. Feature a book that was published more than a year ago, the older the better.
2. It must be a book that you have re-read at least once.
3. Explain to your readers why this book is worth reading over and over again.
4. Tag four people in your post to share their favorite throwback the following week.