To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Shel Silverstein's A Light in the Attic is now available in a special edition containing the classic hardcover book and a CD of highlights from his Grammy Award-winning album.
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.
昨夜躺在燈光閃爍搖曳的閣樓裡靜思時，一群”Whatif”爬入耳中，終夜狂歡起舞，同樣唱著名為Whatif的老歌，唱出所有無厘頭的煩惱擔憂。接著遇見了前後顛倒的Bill，不吸血的吸血鬼，臭臉Ann，冰箱裡的北極熊，”Meehoo與Exactlywatt”，做作業的機器，兒福聯盟大罷工，上帝的方向盤，駱駝背上的胸罩…。最後踏上了通往神奇世界的橋樑，而橋只築了一半，剩下的旅程還是必須獨自踏上。
以”失落的一角”(The Missing Piece)而聞名遐邇備受好評的Shel Silverstein，以卡通式俏皮卻簡潔有力的線條，天真傻氣又無厘頭的文字與雙關語，道出了無邊的想像空間，讓讀者一次又一次地莞爾竊喜。在這本A Light in the Attic 20週年紀念版的詩畫集裡不但收錄了135首膾炙人口的詩作，還收錄了1張由作者本人親自錄製的CD，內含11首精采的作品，是 Silverstein葛萊美獎得獎作品的一部分，絕對值得推薦與珍藏。