Where the Sidewalk Ends

Where the Sidewalk Ends

By Shel Silverstein

A collection of beloved poems and short stories by a treasured author, Shel Silverstein guides us through a whimsical “sidewalk” of verses about Band-Aids and a Boa Constrictor and characters like Chester and Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who simply would not take the garbage out!  This is a book I grabbed for my unit so I could read about Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out….but I kept it handy for those brief breaks in the day, hand washing time, bus line up, or clean-up time that I could share a brief excerpt with the kids.  Shel Silverstein’s writing brilliance accompanied with he vivid imagination and illustrations has created a masterpiece in “Where the Sidewalk Ends’!

This will be a book that will one day find its way to my classroom library. It may also sit on the corner of my desk for sharing!  I thought I would initially use it for my unit, however, it became something that the kids enjoyed having me read aloud.  The book lends itself to the use of voice and emotion while reading,  I love it!!