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Half Price Small Worlds sessions, Tues-Fri at 14:45

1001 Stories Collection

Where the Sidewalk Ends

1001 Where The Sidewalk Ends
Added on 06th October 2020

Poet Shel Silverstein
First published 1974
Publisher Harper & Row

Funny
1001

Step off the sidewalk and see what you find there, in the poem that gave its name to a popular anthology.

Story

Come to the place where the sidewalk ends and a wonderful world begins.

Where it came from

Where the Sidewalk Ends is a collection of poems and drawings which presents a topsy turvy world of nonsense, imagination and wonder.

Tomi Ungerer encouraged Shel Silverstein to write and draw for children - he previously only wrote for adults.

Where it went next

In 2004 a special 30th Anniversary Edition was published which included 12 new poems.

An audio version of the collection was published in 1983 which won a Grammy in 1984 for Best Recording for Children. In 2000 a 25th Anniversary Album was released with more added content.

Associated stories

The Giving Tree – one of Shel Silverstein’s most popular children’s books. Uncle Shelby's Story of Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back – his first children’s book.

Added on 06th October 2020

Poet Shel Silverstein
First published 1974
Publisher Harper & Row

Funny
1001