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192 pp.
| HarperCollins/Harper |
January, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-0-06-232133-6$19.99 New ed. (1996)
(4)
K-3
The poems in this companion volume (Where the Sidewalk Ends; A Light in the Attic) seem stale and the meter and phrasing awkward. The book resorts to bathroom humor, double negatives, and the word ain't, continuing Silverstein's tradition of irreverence; however, it lacks the creative sparkle and surprises that made the others so popular. This edition includes twelve new poems. Ind.