Talk:Where the Sidewalk Ends

Do we really need to know one child's favorite poem? KinseyLOL 14:25, 3 June 2006 (UTC)ώэ

I think it does add to the article, though I'm both surprised (I shouldn't be) and saddened by the change from "Gypsies" to "Googies". I have the version with "Gypsies" and remember it as such. Political correctness ftl. Bperry7 01:42, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

I am curious to know what edition has the title listed as "The Gypsies are Coming" because I have a copy which I was given in 1988 (Yes, I'm the one that added the whole lisat of poems and the audio information) and it has the title as "The Googies are Coming". It's possible that there was another publication in which the title was changed, but the originals had Googies. --Bang3137 (talk) 00:43, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Is it possible to have a picture of the cover on this page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.9.66.165 (talk) 07:29, 6 December 2010 (UTC) Done. The cover illustration, however, uses some poetic license. There is a poem titled "Where the Sidewalk Ends" in the book, but the cover illustration of an ending sidewalk is taken from another poem, "The Edge of the World." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.122.211.189 (talk) 18:55, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

The bulk of this article is uneven. There’s no list of the original poems in the 1974 book, which one would think would be the heart of the later editions. There is a lot of info about the audio release and re-release, but relatively little about the book. Perhaps a better solution would be a master list of all poems appearing in the various editions, with a note next to the poem indicating which collection/s it appeared in. “Jimmy Jet and his TV Set (original, anniversary, 1983 audio, 2000 audio)” for example. There’s also little information about the book itself: Silverstein’s inspirations, writing process, awards, themes, relationship to other Silverstein works, works inspired by this title, references to this title in other media. There is some discussion in this talk page about a poem originally titled “The Gypsies Are Coming” which was later released as “The Googies Are Coming”. That might be an interesting thread to tug on in a “Controversies” section in the main article. There is only one source cited, and it’s a broken link. It references a 2007 online poll from the National Education Association. The “References” tab mentions the link was retrieved in 2012. Last, there is no mention of permission given for the cover of the book, which is presumably still under copyright protection, to be used in this article.

Anyway, some considerations for future work! Tybrarian (talk) 19:18, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

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