The Light In The Attic Summary

This collection of children s poems from shel silverstein is a real treat.

The light in the attic summary.

A light in the attic is a collection of poems by the american poet writer and children s author shel silverstein it was first published by harper row in 1981. Poet delivers both a moral lesson and mischief. Shel silverstein s writing is as witty as it is funny as he writes each character s stories i a light in the attic is one of shel silverstein s best yet most controversial books of poems ever written. A fat volume of small illustrated rhymes from silverstein who gets down to the level of kids peeves spooks and sense of silliness often enough to score a collective hit.

Each of the creatures and characters is fascinating and never overly moralistically drawn. A light in the attic may be too suggestive and morbid for smaller children but older children will easily delight themselves with the silly shenanigans of the characters. His cast includes a babysitter who thinks her job is to sit on the baby a selfish child who prays that if he dies his toys will break so no one else can have them a walrus with braces and a man who thought he had wavy. There are lots of laughs here.

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