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A light in the attic, Shel Silverstein

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A light in the attic

Shel Silverstein

A collection of humorous poems and drawings. Last night while I lay thinking here Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear And pranced and partied all night long And sang their same old Whatif song: Whatif I flunk that test? Whatif green hair grows on my chest? Whatif nobody likes me? Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?... Here in the attic of Shel Silverstein you will find Backward Bill, Sour Face Ann, the Meehoo with an Exactlywatt, and the Polar Bear in the Frigidaire. You will talk with Broiled Face, and find out what happens when Somebody steals your knees, you get caught by the Quick-Digesting Gink, a Mountain snores, and They Put a Brassiere on the Camel. From the creator of the beloved poetry collections Where the Sidewalk Ends and Falling Up, here is another wondrous book of poems and drawings

A light in the attic -- Bear in there -- Rock 'n' roll band -- Eight balloons -- The Sitter -- Quick trip -- How not to have to dry the dishes -- Squishy touch -- Little Abigail and the beautiful pony --Homework machine --Crowded tub -- Almost perfect --Prehistoric --Examination -- Kidnapped -- The Dragon of Grindly Grun --Ladies first -- Picture puzzle piece -- Signals -- The Little boy and the old man --Clarence -- Hula eel --Nobody -- Peckin' -- God's wheel -- Zebra question --Tryin' on clothes --Anteater -- Fancy dive -- Whatif --Backward Bill --Friendship --Captain Blackbeard did what? -- Monsters I've met --Ations -- Hitting -- The Toad and the Kangaroo --Twistable, turnable man --Ourside or underneath?

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