Where the Sidewalk Ends

Where the Sidewalk Ends
By: Shel Silverstein
Harper Collins Publishers
pp. 166
Poem Genre

                                                              Where the Sidewalk Ends

     This book is a collection of rhymes and other poems that will literally made you laugh out loud. Where the Sidewalk Ends has drawing for each poem that make the poem even funnier. An example of this is on page 107. It is a one sentence poem written on the neck of a giraffe, about the neck of a giraffe. The poems are creative and unrealistic. For example "My Beard" is a short rhyme about a man whose beard is so long he does not need to wear clothes. Silverstein also provides a picture of this, making it another laugh out loud poem.
     I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to people of all ages. The poems are quick, fun, and easy to read because of the humor and creativity. They are silly poems that will make you feel youthful. If I were to read this book to my class, I would not read it from beginning to end. I think it would be fun to read some of the poetry selected at the end of the day, based on topics discussed, funny things that happened, and the mood of the class. This is a great book to prove that rhymes can be enjoyed at any age and to get students of all ages into poetry.