Where the Sidewalk Ends / Shel Silverstein / 166 pages / October Challenge Banned Books

Where the Sidewalk Ends was banned from West Allis Milwaukee School library in 1986 because it "promotes drug use, occult, suicide, death, violence and rebellion against parents."  It was also challenged in Bloomsburg, PA for cannibalism, Vedia, Ohio (1983) and Minot, ND (1986).  Although I can understand this challenges and objections, I love Shel Silverstein, as do the kids.  Do the poems give them ideas?...probably.  Perhaps parents/teachers/librarians should read them aloud...or listen to the audio recorded by the author himself and has music and sound effects...and then discuss!