Shel Silverstein’s work of Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic has always been a favorite. His creative poetry allows a reader to open the book at any page and be entertained with comical actualities of children’s imagination, such as the poem, “The Crocodile’s Toothache,” where the crocodile ate the dentist after he pulled tooth after tooth.  Who would not want to bite down on their dentist’s hand as he drills away?  Many of the poems are enhanced with his drawings, further assisting children’s imagination to wrap their minds around a poem that might otherwise be difficult to fathom.  I believe the poems would be amusing for all ages; Even now, after so many years I just want to continue reading poem after poem.  I can imagine using the poem “The Dirtiest Man in the World” for example, with an adult ESL class.  I could create an entire lesson around this poem as it goes into detail describing a very dirty man. Or you can read “Me and My Giant” to a child learning his/her numbers as the poem counts out each tap the ‘me’ makes on the Giant’s toe to communicate with each other, writing, “Three means, ’Does it look like rain?’ Four times mean….” And so on.  It seems so perfect the way Shel Silverstein creates at least one poem that everyone, large or small, could relate to.  Lily Woll