A Light In The Attic Controversy

When her daughter cyrena borrowed a light in the attic from the fruitland park fl elementary school library sherry towne was disturbed by what she read.

A light in the attic controversy. Many of silverstein s books have been banned quite frequently. Through silly caricatures and sophisticated wordplay silverstein dared adults and children to confront with humor everyday issues like greed shame chores no. Shel silverstein s collection of rhymes and whimsical drawings was challenged at one school because it encourages children to break dishes so they won t have to dry them. A light in the attic is a collection of poems by the american poet writer and children s author shel silverstein it was first published by harper row in 1981.

A light in the attic most remarkably showed the kind of staying power on the new york times chart two years to be precise that most of the biggest names john grisham stephen king and michael crichton have never equaled with their blockbusters. Full text of a light in the attic by shel silverstein see other formats a light in the o attic shel silverstein special edition harper an imprint of harpercollinspiyb s e s the family of shel silverstein is pleased to share 12 new poems and drawings selected from the silverstein archives. The poems for children are accompanied by illustrations also created by shel silverstein. The following books may seem harmless to most readers but they all made it onto banned books lists at one time or another.

A light in the attic. Published in 1981 shel silverstein s a light in the attic was the first children s book to make the new york times bestseller list where it stayed for record breaking 182 weeks. February 2004 chris zammarelli banned bookslut all because of a pony her parents wouldn t buy. Along with a light in the attic number 51 on the american library association s list of 100 most frequently challenged books.