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Back in 1964—the same year that his Giving Tree was published—Silverstein's first poetry collection appeared; it was also his only children's book to contain full-color art. Reissued in a slightly larger trim size, this collection of 45 poems tours readers past imaginary creatures, beginning with a being that looks remarkably like a fedora but for the jaw subtly poking below one side of the brim and the four tiny feet beneath: This is the Quick-Disguising Ginnit./ Didn't he have you fooled for a minute? There's no question that the intensity of Silverstein's watercolor palette adds to the fun: the gradations in the hat, for example, distract from the ginnit details; more typically, they supply a punch that complements the puckish but simple shapes of Silverstein's silly beasts (The Pointy-Peaked Pavarius,/ A creature most gregarious,/ Who's never taken serious,/ Poor thing). Silly doesn't mean unsophisticated, by the way: most of the work was first published in Playboy. All ages.

你是否曾在夜路上碰到过野兽格伦普？你敢不敢接受大牙齿斯兰的晚餐邀请？你愿不愿给二十八吨重的盖利搔肚皮？你敢不敢去老斯可克的嘴巴里坐坐？如果你都没有经历过，那就请走进这个稀奇古怪的动物园。《稀奇古怪动物园》是谢尔第一部诗集，也是谢尔唯一一部全彩诗集，与《爱心树》同年（1964年）出版。这部诗集融合了谢尔独特的想象力与超乎寻常的幽默感，水彩晕染的着色更是带来了不同于其他作品的美感体验。大胆奔放的想象，蓬勃跃动的生命力，奠定了谢尔之后一切杰出作品的基调。