A Light In The Attic Controversy

Along with a light in the attic number 51 on the american library association s list of 100 most frequently challenged books.

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. 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. His unmistakable illustrative style is another crucial element to his appeal.

The following books may seem harmless to most readers but they all made it onto banned books lists at one time or another. The poems for children are accompanied by illustrations also created by shel silverstein. In the poem little abigail and the beautiful pony the title character tells her parents that if they don t buy her a pony she ll die. February 2004 chris zammarelli banned bookslut all because of a pony her parents wouldn t buy.

1990 1999 are two other silverstein classics the giving tree and where the sidewalk ends these are books most of us are familiar with and yet they were all challenged at one time or another because. Through silly caricatures and sophisticated wordplay silverstein dared adults and children to confront with humor everyday issues like greed shame chores no. 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. 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.