{"product_id":"where-the-sidewalk-ends-shel-silverstein","title":"Where the Sidewalk Ends (Shel Silverstein)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf you are a dreamer, come in,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIf you are a dreamer,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA  wisher, a liar,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA hope-er, a pray-er,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA magic bean buyer . . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCome in . . . for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's  world begins. You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who  eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah  Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place  where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where  shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShel Silverstein's masterful collection of poems and drawings is at  once outrageously funny and profound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eShel Silverstein's very first children's book \u003ci\u003eLafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 1963, and followed the next year by two other books. The first of those, \u003ci\u003eThe Giving Tree,\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving story about the love of a tree for a boy; it took four years before Harper Children's books decided to publish it. Shel returned to humour that same year with \u003ci\u003eA Giraffe and a Half.\u003c\/i\u003e His first collection of poems and drawings, \u003ci\u003eWhere the Sidewalk Ends,\u003c\/i\u003e appeared in 1974, and his second, \u003ci\u003eA Light in the Attic,\u003c\/i\u003e in 1981\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e When he was a G.I. in Japan and Korea in the 1950, he learned to play the guitar and to write songs, including 'A Boy Named Sue' for Johnny Cash. In 1984, Silverstein won a Grammy Award for Best Children's Album for \u003ci\u003eWhere the Sidewalk Ends\u003c\/i\u003e - 'recited, sung and shouted' by the author. He was also an accomplished playwright, including the 1981 hit, 'The Lady or the Tiger Show.' The last book to be published before he died in 1999, was \u003ci\u003eFalling Up\u003c\/i\u003e (1996).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Hardcover), Englisch, 192 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66014030922077,"sku":"K030419960","price":20.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/3041996000001A.jpg?v=1790233703","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/where-the-sidewalk-ends-shel-silverstein","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}