Where the Sidewalk Ends (book)

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Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974) is a book of children's poetry written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein. The book's poems address many common childhood concerns, as well as presenting purely fanciful stories. The collection was originally copyrighted in 1974 and published by Harper and Row Publishers.

The author dedicated this book "For Ursula" and gives thanks to Ursula Nordstrom, Barbara Borack, Dorothy Hagen, Beri Greenwald, Gloria Bressler, and Bill Cole

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

Contents

[edit] Original 1974 Edition Poem Titles

The following poems are in both the 1974 edition and the 30th Anniversary edition (taken directly from a copy bought in 1988):

  • The Acrobats
  • Afraid of the Dark
  • Alice
  • The Bagpipe Who Didn't Say No,
  • Band-Aids,
  • Bang-Klang
  • The Battle
  • Benjamin "Bunnn"
  • The "Bloath"
  • Boa Constrictor
  • Captain Hook
  • Chester
  • Colors
  • The Crocodile's Toothache
  • Dancing Pants
  • The Dirtiest Man in the World
  • Double-Tail Dog
  • Drats
  • Dreadful
  • Early Bird
  • The Edge of the World
  • Eighteen Flavors
  • Enter This Deserted House
  • The Farmer and the Queen
  • Fish
  • Flag
  • The Flying Festoon
  • For Sale
  • Forgotten Language
  • The Fourth
  • Fred?
  • The Garden
  • The Generals
  • The "Googie"s Are Coming
  • Hat
  • Hector the Collector
  • Helping
  • Homemade Boat
  • Hug o'War
  • Hungry "Mungry"
  • I Must Remember
  • I Won't Hatch!
  • "Ickle" Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too
  • If I Had a Brontosaurus
  • If the World Was Crazy
  • I'm Making a List
  • Instructions
  • Invention
  • Invisible Boy
  • Invitation
  • It's Dark in Here
  • Jimmy Jet and His TV Set
  • Joey
  • Jumping Rope
  • Just Me, Just Me
  • The Land of Happy
  • Lazy Jane
  • Lester
  • Listen to the "Mustn't"s
  • The Little Blue Engine
  • Longest Nose (Lyric Form)
  • The Long-Haired Boy
  • The Loser
  • Love
  • Ma and God
  • Magic
  • Magical Eraser
  • Me and My Giant
  • Melinda Mae
  • Merry...
  • Me-Stew
  • Minnow Minnie
  • My Beard
  • My Hobby
  • My Rules
  • No Difference
  • Oh Have You Heard
  • One Inch Tall
  • The One Who Stayed
  • "Ourchestra"
  • Pancake?
  • Paul Bunyan
  • Peanut-Butter Sandwich
  • Pirate Captain Jim
  • The Planet of Mars
  • A Poem on the Neck of a Running Giraffe (Lyric Form)
  • Point of View
  • Poor Angus
  • Rain
  • The Razor Tailed Wren
  • Recipe for a Hippopotamus Sandwich
  • Ridiculous Rose
  • Rudy "Felsh"
  • Santa and the Reindeer
  • Sarah Cynthia Silvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out
  • The Search
  • Shadow Wash
  • Sick
  • The Silver Fish
  • Skinny
  • Sky Seasoning
  • Sleeping Sardines
  • Smart
  • Snowman
  • Spaghetti
  • Standing
  • Stone Telling
  • Thumbs
  • Tight Hat
  • The Toucan
  • Traffic Light
  • Tree House
  • True Story
  • Two Boxes
  • The Unicorn
  • Upstairs
  • Us
  • Warning
  • What a Day
  • What's in the Sack?
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends
  • Who
  • Wild Boar
  • With His Mouth Full of Food
  • Won't You?
  • The Worst
  • The "Yipiyuk"

[edit] 30th Anniversary Special Edition Poem Titles

In the 30th Anniversary Special Edition, the poem The Gypsies Are Coming had its title changed to The Googies Are Coming*

The following titles are found only in the 30th Anniversary edition of the book:

  • The Truth About Turtles
  • Oops!
  • Nude Hippo
  • Mr. Grumpledump's Song
  • Who's Taller?
  • Monsters
  • Weightliftress
  • Don't Tell Me
  • Ten-O-Cycle
  • The Unfunny Jester
  • Open--Close
  • Gorilla

[edit] Audio Edition

[edit] Original Album

The original audio edition of the book was originally released on cassette in 1983 and won the 1984 GRAMMY Award for "Best Recording For Children". It is copyright 1984 by Sony Music Entertainment Inc. The collection is recited, sung, and shouted by Shel Silverstein himself.

The following titles can be heard in the album:

  • Invitation
  • Eighteen Flavors
  • Melinda Mae
  • Sick
  • Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too
  • Enter This Deserted House
  • Jimmy Jet and His Tv Set
  • For Sale
  • Warning
  • The Yipiyuk
  • Crocodile's Toothache
  • Stone Telling
  • Ridiculous Rose
  • Boa Constrictor
  • Peanut-Butter Sandwich
  • Listen to the Mustn'ts
  • Hug o'War
  • Smart
  • Forgotten Language
  • The Farmer and the Queen
  • The One Who Stayed
  • No Difference
  • Wild Boar
  • Thumbs
  • Sarah Cynthia Silvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out
  • My Hobby
  • Early Bird
  • Me-Stew
  • Captain Hook
  • With His Mouth Full of Food
  • The Flying Festoon
  • The Silver Fish
  • The Generals
  • The Worst
  • Dreadful
  • My Beard

[edit] 25th Anniversary Album

In 2000, the album was re-released on cassette and CD for the 25th Anniversary of the book. This collection is copyrighted 1984 & 2000 by Sony Music Entertainment Inc. The collection is again recited, sung, and shouted by Shel Silverstein.

As a special treat, the 25th Anniversary Edition also contains 11 previously unreleased tracks culled from the original master tapes. They are:

  • The Little Blue Engine
  • If I Had a Brontosaurus
  • One Inch Tall
  • Long-Haired Boy
  • Rain
  • True Story
  • Hungry Mungry
  • Standing
  • If The World Was Crazy
  • Hector the Collector
  • Spaghetti

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