The Hunting of the Snark vs Where the Sidewalk Ends: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Children's poetry, Poetry
The Hunting of the Snark
A nonsense poem recounting the adventures of the Bellman and his crew and their challenges hunting a Snark.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
NOW AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK! 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…
The verdict
- Readers rate Where the Sidewalk Ends highest: Where the Sidewalk Ends 4.3 · The Hunting of the Snark 4.0.
- Where the Sidewalk Ends has the widest readership — 1537884 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Hunting of the Snark | Where the Sidewalk Ends | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (7098) | 4.3 (1537884) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (29) | 4.3 (945) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (2) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (57) | 4.5 (62) |
Reception
| The Hunting of the Snark | Where the Sidewalk Ends | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7098 | 1537884 |
| Editions | 255 | 23 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 6161 | 543358 |
| Reading it now | 261 | 6522 |
| Written reviews | 615 | 13511 |
| Wikipedia attention | 5004 | 4898 |
| Pages | 90 | 168 |