Where the Sidewalk Ends

Where the Sidewalk Ends

 

 

Author/Illustrator: Shel Silverstein

Genre: Poetry

 

 

This book is filled with short expressive poems. Some poems have multiple meanings, some are funny, heartwarming and each have a unique drawing along with it. The book is full of poetry with rhythm and rhyme which children love.

 

The illustration is line drawing and is simple but grasp the attention of the reader.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Questions:

What's your favorite poem?

Which poem do you relate to most?

 

Activity:

Have students sketch a picture from a poem they choose.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biblography:

Silverstein, S. (2014). Where the sidewalk ends: the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein. New York: HarperCollins.