a light in the attic by shel silverstein 2005 hardcover

She even let him keep the sad ending, Shel remembered, 'because life, you know, has pretty sad endings. It took Shel four years before Ursula Nordstrom, the legendary editor at Harper Children's books, decided to publish it. Others felt that the book fell between adult and children's literature and wouldn't be popular. 'Everybody loved it, they were touched by it, they would read it and cry and say it was beautiful.

In an interview published in the Chicago Tribune in 1964, Shel talked about the difficult time he had trying to get the book published. The first, The Giving Tree, is a moving story about the love of a tree for a boy. It was followed the next year by two other books. It's funny and sad and has made readers laugh and think ever since it was published in 1963. 'And now, children, your Uncle Shelby is going to tell you a story about a very strange lion - in fact, the strangest lion I have ever met.' So begins one of Shel Silverstein's very first children's books, Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. Stone Center for Children's Books (Claremont, CA) 'Recognition of Merit' Award Synopsis Winner, 1983 Garden State Children's Book Award (New Jersey Library Association)ġ984 Garden State Children's Book Award for Non-Fiction (New Jersey Library Association)ġ984 George C. Winner, 1983?84 William Allen White Award (Kansas) 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.Ĭhildren's Books of 1981 (Library of Congress)ġ981 Children's Books (NY Public Library)ġ981 USA Children's Books of International Interest

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.

A light in the attic by shel silverstein 2005 hardcover