The book was published in Harper’s Junior Books division in 1981, but was marketed towards adults as well. He also thanks Harper & Row editor Ursula Nordstrom. In the back of the book, Silverstein credits author Charlotte Zolotow, Harper’s publicist Joan Robins, Harper’s executive editor Robert Warren, author James Skofield, private secretary Glenise Butcher, and John Vitale of HarperCollins.
It was a bestseller but it has faced controversy over the years since its publication.
It was first published by Harper & Row Junior Books in 1981 and was a bestseller for months after its publication. The book consists of 135 poems accompanied by illustrations also created by Silverstein. You will talk with Broiled Face, and find out what happens when Somebody steals your knees, you get caught by the Quick-Digesting Gink, a Mountain snores, and They Put a Brassiere on the Camel.įrom the creator of the beloved poetry collections Where the Sidewalk Ends and Falling Up, here is another wondrous book of poems and drawings.A Light in the Attic is a book of poems by American poet, writer, and musician Shel Silverstein. Here in the attic of Shel Silverstein you will find Backward Bill, Sour Face Ann, the Meehoo with an Exactlywatt, and the Polar Bear in the Frigidaire. You will talk with Broiled Face, and find out what happens when Somebody steals your knees, you get caught by the Quick-Digesting Gink, a Mountain snores, and They Put a Brassiere on the Camel.Ĭome on up to the attic of Shel Silverstein and let the light bring you home.Īnd don't miss The Giving Tree and Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein, also available as ebooks! Here in the attic you will find Backward Bill, Sour Face Ann, the Meehoo with an Exactlywatt, and the Polar Bear in the Frigidaire. Popular with adults and youngsters alike, the poetry encompasses satires, limericks, ballads, questions, tall stories, ridiculous situations, and a deft way with language."-"Language Arts." Illustrations.įrom 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.Ī Light in the Attic delights with remarkable characters and hilariously profound poems in a collection readers will return to again and again. deserves to be placed along-side Mother Goose.
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