Poetry

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Author: Shel Silverstein

Publish date: 1974

Publisher: Harper Collins Inc. NY

ISBN: 0060256672

                I used to love reading this. There is a whole bunch of poems for children. Most of them are very funny and innocent. I just remember one being about a crocodile that had a bad toothache. Another poem is about a girl eating a whale. Not only are the poems funny, they teach the children morals as well. Some of the poems are silly and some are sad. There is pictures next to the poems so the reader can imagine what is happening.

                I love reading these poems. I like them so much because they are not hard to understand. Some poems are really hard to understand sometimes. They are simple and funny but I like that some of them teach a lesson. When children read these poems, they will realize that they are not alone in certain experiences. I give this a 10 out of 10.

There is a place where the sidewalk ends

and before the street begins,

and there the grass grows soft and white,

and there the sun burns crimson bright,

and there the moon-bird rests from his flight

to cool in the peppermint wind.

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black

and the dark street winds and bends.

Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow

we shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow

and watch where the chalk-white arrows go

to the place where the sidewalk ends.

Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,

and we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,

for the children, they mark, and the children, they know,

the place where the sidewalk ends.

Lemonade

Author: Bob Raczka

Publisher: Roaring Brook

Date: 2011

ISBN: 978-1-59643-541-4
 


               I like this book because it is a book of poems but in the poems are hidden puzzles. This book’s title mirrors the content. When I think of lemonade I think of summer and drinking it on a hot day. These poems are about what children typically do. There may be times when the poems have to be reread because the puzzles are hidden in the book.

                I like this book because it offers more than just poems. It is fun for the children to try and get the puzzles and when they do it is so much more rewarding. I think it is just a fun way to read and gets the children excited. I give this book a 10 out of 10.

Every Thing on It

Shel Silverstein

Publisher: HarperCollins

Date: September 20, 2011

ISBN: 0061998168

                This is set up the same way as Where the Sidewalk Ends. It is a collection of poetry for children. These poems are more about growing up and true love. There are also poems about being polite and most of them children can learn a lesson from. It is also a good read for the parents because they can relate to some of these poems.

                I like these poems because adults enjoy reading them too. It is easy for adults to learn something when reading them. I give these poems an 8 out of 10.