Shel Silverstein, the New York Times bestselling author of The Giving Tree, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It, has created a poetry collection that is outrageously funny and deeply profound. Come 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.

Shel Silverstein's masterful collection of poems and drawings stretches the bounds of imagination and will be cherished by readers of all ages. This is a collection that belongs on everyone's bookshelf. Makes a great gift for special occasions such as holidays, birthdays, and graduation.


《往上跌一跤》(Falling Up )、《人行道的盡頭》(Where the Sidewalk Ends)、《閣樓上的月光》(A light in the attic)並稱為「謝爾童詩畫三部曲」。

夜深人靜的時候，我喜歡回味謝爾叔叔的人生哲理。他總是用最淺顯卻又令人印象深刻的方式說。當然囉，他會彈吉他、寫歌又唱歌，所以他說的跟唱的一樣好聽。他說種了鑽石田的塞門爺爺，在長滿金銀珠寶的〈果園〉裡作夢，夢到的卻是一棵真的桃子。他又說只有快樂沒有憂愁的〈快樂國〉可能很無聊，不見得快樂…

 

——中文簡介摘自玉山社出版《人行道的盡頭》