Literature piece: A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC

A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC

By: Shel Silverstein

Published: 1981

Published by : HarperCollins

Among Many of the books Shel Silverstein wrote throughout his career, A light in The Attic, was one of his best-selling books in the 1980's. This book is a collection collection of humorous poems and drawings, that was dedicated to Shel Siverstein's daughter "Shanna", who died at the age of 11 due to cerebral aneurysm on April 24, 1982. in this book all the drawings and poems are done by Shel Silverstein. This book had many things that many parents and adults complained and did not like for example the most known, one of the poems in the book, How Not To Have To Dry The Dishes was a contreversy among many people, and many complainde because it encouraged messiness and disobedience. Another poem, Little Abigail and the Beautiful Pony led to more criticism for describing the death of a girl after her parents refuse to buy her a pony. many people thought bad of this book.

After a while of this book being published that the complaints were so much that this book was banned from some libraries because supposedly it promoted horror, violence, suicide, drug use, and cannibalism, to young children, and was not appropiate for young children. The light in the attic, is number 51 on the American Library Association's list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS:

-American Association: Best Graphic Illustrations
-Notable Children's Books of 1981 (ALA)
-Best Books of 1981 (SLJ)
-Children's Books of 1981 (Library of Congress)
-1981 Children's Books (New York Public Library)
-1981 USA Children's Books of International Interest
-Winner, 1983–84 William Allen White Award (Kansas)
-Winner, 1983 Garden State Children's Book Award (New Jersey Library Association)
-1984 Garden State Children's Book Award Center for Children's Books (Claremont, CA) -"Recognition of Merit" Award