A Light In The Attic Challenged Book

A light in the attic.

A light in the attic challenged book.

Banned challenged books. Its tales of sorcery have also made it the target of charges of being anti religious making it the number one most challenged book series of the 21st century. Posted in banned challenged books five stars genre poetry ratings a light in the attic banned books challenged books poetry shel silverstein post navigation previous bonus book. From new york times bestselling author shel silverstein the creator of the beloved poetry collections where the sidewalk ends falling up and every thing on it comes an imaginative book of poems and drawings a favorite of shel silverstein fans young and old.

A light in the attic was challenged but retained on the webb city school library shelves missouri 1996. Encouraging bad behavior crude language sexual content. It was the giant banned books poster mounted on the wall. Along with a light in the attic number 51 on the american library association s list of 100 most frequently challenged books.

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. The following books may seem harmless to most readers but they all made it onto banned books lists at one time or another. On a visit to the aclu office in san francisco my sons cyrus and juno age 11 and 7 stood in the hallway. Shel silverstein 1981.

A light in the attic delights with remarkable characters and hilariously profound poems in a collection readers will return to. A light in the attic. In 1985 this book was challenged at a wi elementary school for encourag ing children to break dishes so they won t have to dry them. Come in my office i asked them.

City of bones the mortal instruments book 1 by cassandra clare. A light in the attic by shel silverstein. I stepped back in the hallway to see what had their attention. A light in the attic.

But they wouldn t budge. Many of silverstein s books have been banned quite frequently. A parent had protested that the book imparts a dreary and negative message.