Impulse grab at the library. ?áInteresting to see Silverstein when he was 'lesser-known.' ?áThe pix by Ungerer look like the worst of Silverstein's: simple, exaggeratedly ugly, silly... not artistic like Ungerer's Three Robbers or Moon Man. ?áAnd I must say, I do not know who this 'Gilbert' is, who is referred to as being too well-known. ?áAlso, the poems are often gruesome and lame; I did not enjoy them much, but children probably would, especially children who were the right age in 1972.

?á(Of course, I actually was, and I suspect I would have given this four stars back then myself.) ( )