I received this ARC from Book Sirens.

This was a solidly decent book of poetry for middle schoolish age kids I think. And I swear I didn't read their description ahead, but it IS like Shel Silverstein and Neil Gaiman collaborated on some creepy poetry and hired the illustrator for Scary Stories to tell in the Dark to do the art work.

There's some good horror-lite in the poems, I liked the one about everyone smiles in this town, and I enjoyed the burning at the stake poem as well. The art makes it too scary for younger readers and there's a little gore that you would want to be aware of in case you've got sensitive kids.

I think without the creepy art it wouldn't be as good.