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WhereTheSidewalkEnds

Where the Sidewalk Ends is a collection of poems by Shel Silverstein. It was first published by Harper and Row Publishers in 1974. The poems for children are accompanied by illustrations also created by Shel Silverstein.

WhereTheSidewalkEnds-30

30th Anniversary edition

WhereTheSidewalkEnds-album

Album cover

List of poems[]

In 2004, a special 30th Anniversary Edition was published, which included 12 new poems (listed in bold).

Title Page # Track #
The Acrobats 010 N/A
Afraid Of The Dark 159 N/A
Alice 112 N/A
The Bagpipe Who Didn't Say No 132-133 N/A
Band-Aids 140 N/A
Bang-Klang 120 N/A
The Battle 105 N/A
Benjamin Bunnn 104 N/A
The Bloath 108 N/A
Boa Constrictor 044-45 14
Captain Hook 018 29
Chester 147 N/A
Colors 024 N/A
The Crocodile's Toothache 066-67 11
Dancing Pants 126 N/A
The Dirtiest Man In The World 096-97 N/A
Don't Tell Me 177 N/A
Double-Tail Dog 123 N/A
Drats 072-73 N/A
Dreadful 141 35
Early Bird 030 27
The Edge Of The World 088-89 N/A
Eighteen Flavors 116 02
Enter This Deserted House 056-57 06
The Farmer And The Queen 032-33 20
Fish? 145 N/A
Flag 024 N/A
The Flying Festoon 080 31
For Sale 052-53 08
Forgotten Language 149 19
The Fourth 015 N/A
Fred? 135 N/A
The Garden 061 N/A
The Generals 150-151 33
Gorilla 182-183 N/A
The Gypsies Are Coming 050-51 N/A
Hat 074 N/A
Hector The Collector 046-47 46
Helping 101 N/A
Homemade Boat 012-13 N/A
Hug O' War 019 17
Hungry Mungry 160-161 43
I Must Remember 014 N/A
I Won't Hatch! 127 N/A
Ickle Me Pickle Me Tickle Me Too 016-17 05
If I Had A Brontosaurus 102-103 38
If the World Was Crazy 146 45
I'm Making A List 037 N/A
Instructions 129 N/A
Invention 048-49 N/A
Invisible Boy 082 N/A
Invitation 009 01
It's Dark In Here 020-21 N/A
Jimmy Jet And His Tv Set 028-29 07
Joey 026 N/A
Jumping Rope 062 N/A
Just Me, Just Me 152 N/A
The Land Of Happy 143 N/A
Lazy Jane 087 N/A
Lester 069 N/A
Listen To The Mustn'ts 027 16
The Little Blue Engine 158 37
The Longest Nose 134-135 N/A
The Long-Haired Boy 136-139 40
The Loser 025 N/A
Love 094-95 N/A
Ma And God 119 N/A
Magic 011 N/A
Magical Eraser 099 N/A
Me And My Giant 038-39 N/A
Melinda Mae 154-157 03
Merry... 164-165 N/A
Me-Stew 122 28
Minnow Minnie 105 N/A
Monsters 175 N/A
Mr. Grumpledump's Song 171 N/A
My Beard 162-163 36
My Hobby 129 26
My Rules 074 N/A
Naked Hippo 172-173 N/A
No Difference 081 22
Oh Have You Heard 075 N/A
One Inch Tall 055 39
The One Who Stayed 153 21
Oops! 170 N/A
Open-Close 181 N/A
Ourchestra 022-23 N/A
Pancake? 034 N/A
Paul Bunyan 124-125 N/A
Peanut-Butter Sandwich 084-86 15
Pirate Captain Jim 144 N/A
The Planet Of Mars 093 N/A
Poem On The Neck Of A Running Giraffe 107 N/A
Point Of View 098 N/A
Poor Angus 117 N/A
Rain 040 41
The Razor-Tailed Wren 106 N/A
Recipe For A Hippopotamus Sandwich 114-115 N/A
Ridiculous Rose 063 13
Rudy Felsh 134 N/A
Santa And The Reindeer 090-91 N/A
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out 070-71 25
The Search 166 N/A
Shadow Wash 113 N/A
Sick 058-59 04
The Silver Fish 148 32
Skinny 142 N/A
Sky Seasoning 031 N/A
Sleeping Sardines 054 N/A
Smart 035 17
Snowman 065 N/A
Spaghetti 100 47
Standing 152 44
Stone Telling 147 12
Ten-O-Cycle 178-179 N/A
Thumbs 068 24
Tight Hat 083 N/A
The Toucan 092 N/A
Traffic Light 121 N/A
Tree House 078-79 N/A
True Story 042-43 42
The Truth About Turtles 169 N/A
Two Boxes 041 N/A
The Unfunny Jester 180 N/A
The Unicorn 076-77 N/A
Upstairs 060 N/A
Us 036 N/A
Warning 075 09
What A Day 118 N/A
What's In The Sack? 110-111 N/A
Weightliftress 176 N/A
Where The Sidewalk Ends 064 N/A
Who 063 N/A
Who's Taller? 174 N/A
Wild Boar 068 23
With His Mouth Full Of Food 128 30
Won't You? 112 N/A
The Worst 130-131 34
The Yipiyuk 109 10

Album[]

The audio edition of the book was originally released on cassette in 1983 and as an LP phonograph record in 1984. The copyright is owned by Sony Music Entertainment Inc. The album was recorded at Bullet Recording, Nashville, Blank Tapes, New York, and in Studio D at Criteria Recording in Miami, Florida. The collection is recited, sung and shouted by Silverstein himself.

On February 26, 1985, at the 27th Grammy Awards, Where the Sidewalk Ends won the Grammy Award for Best Album for Children. Silverstein also performed at the awards ceremony.

25th anniversary edition[]

In 2000, the album was re-released on cassette and CD for the 25th anniversary of the book. This edition also contains eleven previously-unreleased tracks culled from the original master tapes (listed above in bold).

See also[]

Shel Silverstein poetry collections:

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