A Light In The Attic Controversy

These are books most of us are familiar with and yet they were all challenged at one time or another because of controversy surrounding some of their content.

A light in the attic controversy. According to the forbidden library a light in the attic has frequently been taken to task for such things as encouraging children to be disobedient and to break dishes so they won t have to dry them and for glorifying satan suicide and cannibalism. It caused quite a stir as it revolved around child abuse incest and the demonizing of religion. Many thanks to our editor antonia markiet the. 1990 1999 are two other silverstein classics the giving tree and where the sidewalk ends.

Attempts have been made to ban the book from some libraries parents claiming that the poem how not to have to dry the dishes encourages messiness and disobedience. Through silly caricatures and sophisticated wordplay silverstein dared adults and children to confront with humor everyday issues like greed shame chores no. It was banned from many schools and. A light in the attic by shel silversteinchildren s book.

A light in the attic 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. Along with a light in the attic number 51 on the american library association s list of 100 most frequently challenged books. The following books may seem harmless to most readers but they all made it onto banned books lists at one time or another. Flowers in the attic was originally a 1979 book by v c.

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. Many of silverstein s books have been banned quite frequently.