tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post6577935776432244455..comments2024-03-24T22:24:11.549-07:00Comments on Rice Daddies: Book Review Contest: Where the Sidewalk EndsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-19663386642928670282007-02-26T19:20:00.000-08:002007-02-26T19:20:00.000-08:00This is probably totally irrelevant but Lush makes...This is probably totally irrelevant but Lush makes a shampoo called Cynthia Sylvia Stout (made with Guinness!). When I first saw it on the shelf, it cracked me up because I remembered the poem... around the same time, I found a Shel Silverstein LP at a thrift store. It is also hilarious, but not necessarily for kids.Superdumb Supervillainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07015415249404337863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-58633932373534814982007-02-16T16:19:00.000-08:002007-02-16T16:19:00.000-08:00OK, I just dont get this book. Maybe because I ne...OK, I just dont get this book. Maybe because I never read it as a child, but had heard so much about it, that I expected to love it as an adult.<BR/><BR/>Rabbit Dragon got a copy a year ago or so, and we read a few of the poems together, but I just didnt get it. Dr Seuss is more fun, and Edward Gorey is funnier. Must be a kid thing.<BR/><BR/>And some of the illustrations are kinda creepy.<BR/>thisislarryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04157349911656341561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-41508321803915963022007-02-16T12:34:00.000-08:002007-02-16T12:34:00.000-08:00Although my personal Silverstein fav is "The Givin...Although my personal Silverstein fav is "The Giving Tree", I must say that I too am eagerly waiting the day when I can read these to LN and watch her laugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-39468962912953274402007-02-16T09:48:00.000-08:002007-02-16T09:48:00.000-08:00Oh man, I remember Shel Silverstein, I memorized o...Oh man, I remember Shel Silverstein, I memorized one of his poems to recite in 5th grade and I think it was from <I>Where the Sidewalk Ends</I> but I'm not sure.<BR/><BR/>I even still remember most of that poem too...<BR/><BR/>Stringbean Small was tall and slim<BR/>Basketball seemed meant for him<BR/>At 6 foot (something, i forget)<BR/>A coach's dream<BR/>And yet he failed to make the team<BR/><honglien123https://www.blogger.com/profile/04664865503830892153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-6341836492894494992007-02-16T08:10:00.000-08:002007-02-16T08:10:00.000-08:00My dogeared copies of this and "The Light in the A...My dogeared copies of this and "The Light in the Attic" are on The Pumpkin's shelf right now. Haven't started reading them to her yet, but I can't wait!daddy in a strange landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02838412669298860456noreply@blogger.com