A Light In The Attic Banned Poems

However i would argue that silverstein s lighthearted way of addressing weird funny.

A light in the attic banned poems.

I can see it from the outside and i know you re on the inside. 7 how many how much how many slams in an old screen door. There s a light on in the attic. I stepped back in the hallway to see what had their attention.

A light in the attic is one of shel silverstein s best yet most controversial books of poems ever written. Another elementary school banned it in 1986 because some of its poems were said to have glorified satan suicide and cannibalism and also encouraged children to be disobedient. Thought the house is dark and shuttered i can see a flickerin flutter and i know what it s about. This led the book to be banned by the fruitland park elementary school in lake county florida.

The decision however was later reversed by an advisory committee of parents and teachers. 1990 1999 are two other silverstein classics the giving treeand where the sidewalk ends. In fact i have vague recollections about memorizing the poem. But not with everyone.

I remember this book fondly along with ogden nash who also wrote clever tender poems for young readers. But they wouldn t budge. And i know you re on the inside. It was the giant banned books poster mounted on the wall.

This book is full of poems about clowns pirates monsters and all manner of strange people and animals doing crazy things. Along with a light in the attic number 51 on the american library association s list of 100 most frequently challenged books. On a visit to the aclu office in san francisco my sons cyrus and juno age 11 and 7 stood in the hallway. There s a light in the attic though the house is dark and shuttered synopsis.

There s a light on in the attic. Other complaints included the mention of supernatural themes including demons devils and ghosts. In 1985 it was banned at cunningham elementary school in wisconsin because the poem how not to have to dry the dishes was accused of encourag ing children to break dishes so they won t have to dry them another school in wisconsin followed cunningham s lead about a year later forbidding the book over concerns that it glorified satan suicide and cannibalism and. Over 130 poems and shel silverstein s original artwork throughout.

Come in my office i asked them. There s a light on in the attic. I can see it from the outside. A light in the attic.

Many of silverstein s books have been banned quite frequently. Due to several of the poems it contains it has been challenged on numerous occasions.