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Podcast: The Daily Poem
Episode: Shel Silverstein's "Where the Sidewalk Ends"
Description: A singer-songwriter, cartoonist, screenwriter, award-winning childrenâs writer, and actor, Shel Silverstein grew up in Chicago. He started out as a cartoonist before turning to childrenâs books. Silverstein is the author and illustrator of numerous books, including The Giving Tree (1964), Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974), A Light in the Attic (1981), and Falling Up (1996). His books have been commended for their appeal to both adults and children.Silversteinâs poems are often darkly humorous, irreverent, and populated with invented characters, such as the âBloathâ in Where the Sidewalk Ends, who dwells â[i]n the undergrowthâ and âfeeds upon poets and tea.â...