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Where the Sidewalk Ends

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Summary

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.

Shel Silverstein's masterful collection of poems and drawings is at once outrageously funny and profound.

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Shel Silverstein

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