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A Light in the Attic

Shel Silverstein

Reader Score

87%

87% of readers

recommend this book

Winner:Garden State Children's Book Awards -Children's Nonfiction (1984)
Winner:Buckeye Children's Book Award -Grades 6-8 (1985)
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 the 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 a Camel.

Book Details

  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Publish Date: Aug 9th, 2005
  • Pages: 176
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.80in - 7.00in - 1.00in - 1.45lb
  • EAN: 9780060256739
  • Recommended age: 04-08
  • Categories: Poetry - Humorous

About the Author

Silverstein, Shel: -

Shel Silverstein 's incomparable career as a bestselling children's book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. He is also the creator of picture books including A Giraffe and a Half, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, and the perennial favorite The Giving Tree, as well as classic poetry collections such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Every Thing On It, Don't Bump the Glump!, and Runny Babbit.

Silverstein, Shel: -

Shel Silverstein 's incomparable career as a bestselling children's book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. He is also the creator of picture books including A Giraffe and a Half, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, and the perennial favorite The Giving Tree, as well as classic poetry collections such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Every Thing On It, Don't Bump the Glump!, and Runny Babbit.