A Light In the Attic by S. Silverstein

I admit it, this is a pure nostalgia based reread. I have a co-worker that absolutely hates Silverstein and I can acknowledge his point. Much of it is not great poetry. Silverstein plays fast and loose with metrical construction and many lines are awkward. However, I love how he plays with language.

When I was younger I read and reread Silverstein's books. I loved the pictures and the rhymes. I get obsessive easily. Now that I'm an adult, I see other things. It's clear to me that Silverstein was either a parent or a teacher (or both). Too many of his poems reveal that experience.

In any case, this book deserves to be a modern classic. I was trying to read the poems to Thomas, in fact. It didn't go well. But then he's in a phase where he just doesn't want to sit still. He'll get there.