Where the sidewalk ends the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein
A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
HarperCollins,
c2004.
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| Edition: | 30th anniversary special ed. |
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| Summary: | A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings. |
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| Item Description: | This ed. contains 12 new poems. Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 183 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0060572345 0060586532 (lib. bdg.) |
| Author Notes: | His first such book was Uncle Shelby's Story of Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back (1963), the humorous tale of a lion who turns the tables on hunters. It was followed by The Giving Tree (1964), a story of a parentlike tree that gives endlessly and is endlessly used by its son. Several other such picture books followed, including The Missing Piece (1976), about a circle that goes in search of a missing piece, and its sequel, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O (1981). However, two collections of poetry are probably his best-loved work: Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein (1974), and A Light in the Attic (1981). All of Silverstein's poetry for children employs the language play common to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. Silverstein is probably the best of the contemporary nonsense poets for children. (Bowker Author Biography) |
