Where the sidewalk ends is a wonderful poem book. I haven't even finshed it yet and I think it's amazing. I've stopped reading Harry Potter and EVEN David Walliams (my favourite) it is like my favourite book this month.
Dirty Dan is an extremely dirty man and he is lonely. So he makes friends with all the bugs that live in his hair and buzz around him.
He likes to 'joke with the bats and have intimate chats with the cooties who crawl through my hair'.
I don't think I'd like that, would you? But it's lovely that he makes them his friends.
He would like to meet a wife - one who is gentle, kind, with a sensitive mind and a beautiful face.
BUT who is almost as dirty as him! That might be tricky!
I like Shel Silverstein's poems because they are fun and sometimes are hard to work out the meanings and they are all different topics. He plays with words and sometimes it makes me want to talk backwards! sdrawkcab
He was a very talented man because he actually did all the illustrations himself as well as the writing. It must have taken a long time and been really hard work but they are fun and realistic.
His website is good for schools that are learning about his books and adults that are thinking of buying a child a book. It has animation and fun and games I think it is really cool.
