SuitabookWhere the Sidewalk Ends
Shel Silverstein
- Reading
- Try reading a poem at a time and pausing over its drawing; that leaves room to enjoy each odd idea without needing a continuous plot.
- Themes
- Absurd transformations and impossible images: The described poems include a boy turning into a television, a girl eating a whale and other fantastical images. These details establish a strong taste for the bizarre, but do not show whether any particular image carries a deeper message.
- A sister-auction image: The collection is described as including a place where sisters are auctioned off. The image may be worth discussing, but its tone and significance cannot be determined from this brief mention.
- Worth knowing
- One described image has sisters being auctioned off. You may want to check how that comic scenario lands with your reader.