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.
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:
- Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974)
- A Light in the Attic (1981)
- Falling Up (1996)
- Every Thing On It (2011)