num_pages: 176
description: Shel Silverstein's  A Light in the Attic  is now available in a special edition containing the classic hardcover book and a CD of highlights from his Grammy Award-winning album. 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 delights with remarkable characters and hilariously profound poems in a collection readers will return to again and again. Here in the attic 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. Come on up to the attic of Shel Silverstein and let the light bring you home.  And don't miss Runny Babbit Returns , the new book from Shel Silverstein!
language: English
title: A Light in the Attic
titlecomplete: A Light in the Attic (Book & CD)
genres: Middle Grade, Childrens, Juvenile, Young Adult, Poetry, Picture Books, Classics, Banned Books, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 433783
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: George C. Stone Center for Children's Books Recognition of Merit Award, awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: Magnesia Litera
category: Translation (Litera za překladovou knihu), name: Garden State Book Award, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Vlag en Wimpel Griffeljury, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: William Allen White Children's Book Award
publisher: HarperFestival