A Light in the Attic

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I think a light in the attic is a great poetry book and Shel Silverstein is an awesome poet. His books are great for kids and really bring out your imagination. Shel¿s poems have many lessons in them but he shows them in a funny ways. For example in the poem ladies first there is a little girl that wants to be first at every thing then every one gets kidnapped and is going to be eaten by a cannibal named Fry-em up Dan and the little girl runs up and says ladies first. The lesson in this poem is to not always want to be first. My favorite poem is ¿Homework Machine¿ I think its funny how the kids spend so much time making a machine and when they try it doesn¿t work I think his illustrations go great with his poems. His illustrations show the funny things you would think of after reading his poem, for example in the poem ¿Wild Strawberries¿ his picture has a strawberry with big pointy teeth. I think A Light in the Attic and all the rest of Shel¿s poetry books and would recommend them to everybody.

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A Light in the Attic

A Light in the Attic is a great poetry book for young kids. It has great pictures to help young readers understand the poem. Poems by Shel Silverstein portray hidden messages and tell great stories. She uses a lot of ironic, clever ideas to describe what is happening in his poems. A good example of this is a poem called ¿Hammock¿ that tells the reader how a boy¿s grandma sends him a hammock and the good lord sends the breeze, but he only has on tree. The poem ¿Stop Thief¿ he uses the title of the poem so literally in the illustration about the poem. The picture shows amazed when somebody stole his knees, but he can¿t chase the guy who stole hi knees because he¿s afraid hi feet and legs just won¿t connect. The poem ¿Surprise¿ is about everywhere his grandpa goes he sends a different animal. Like his grandpa goes to Myrtle Beach and the boy gets a turtle. My favorite poem is called ¿Hiccup Cure¿ I like this poem because it says you have to do all this crazy stuff to get rid of the hiccups. When the person is done telling him what to do he still has the hiccups. While reading this poem I made a connection because I know a lot of people that get the hiccups and they bug them so much. I think kids will like this book even more if they have to do a report on it. All of Shel¿s books are so hard to put down because you get so hooked on the first poem you just keep reading and reading.

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A great classroom book.

I remember my teachers in school reading story after story from this book from preschool all the way up until middle school. Some of my fondest elementary school memories are from this book. Everyone can find a story that they can relate to in this book. It is a treasure to have around and definitley worth passing down to the younger generations.

You must read this book! Great for all ages.

A Light in the Attic Book Review

I really like this book for many reasons. It was funny because the author sometimes used words that are not in the dictionary. The author exaggerates when he writes the poems and makes them sound silly. I also liked it because he used words like "Exactlywatt" and "GooLoo". Reading some of the poems makes you imagine and wonder if it did happen or could happen. Some of the poems do not make sense, like " missing your knees" or "having green chest hair". My favorite poem was "How not to have to dry the dishes" it rhymes in a creative way. I recommend this poem book to everyone of all ages.

Hope you like it!

Emily Billoch

I like it!

I read A Light in the Attic, by Shel Silverstein. I am 8 years old and I liked the book a lot. It was funny and very interesting. The poems were short and with lots of illustrations. All the poems were very good. There were some that I did not understand at the beginning but then I was able to understand them. I enjoyed this book and I thank my teacher for asking us to read poetry.

A Favorite

This has always been one of my favorite "children's" books. I really don't think that it's just for kids. Grown-ups can enjoy it too. Personally, highly recommended more than the other two in the series.

My niece LOVED it!!!

I grew up with these poems so I decided to buy a copy for my niece and she LOVED it!!!

Great book!!!

I purchased this book for my 10yr old daugther and she loves it. She is not a big reader for long stories so this book worked well to get her to read for along period of time. Plus, I found it at an excellent price online through Barnes and Noble.

A Light in the Attic

Do you like funny poetry well I've found the book for you! Shel Silverstien has written another poetry book with some awesome poems that can make you cry, laugh, make a weird face, and just laugh out loud. My favorite poem is was A Light in the Attic. I liked this poem because it is about a girl with an attic in her head. Also some things I don't like about this book are it's mostly for first, second, and third graders. Also it has some weird poems. Now I would like to say I would not recommend this book to fourth graders because do recommend this to first, second, and third grade kids, and people who love poetry, but if you love poetry this is the book for you! Also I don't recommend this book for people who love a challenge. Last some words that describe this book are weird and easy.
By: Carolyn

Very entertaining!

My 1st grader got hooked on Shel Silverstein by her teacher. The kids love reading the silly stories and looking at the funny pictures. Definitely a book to have in a home library!

Funniest Book ever

This book is extreamly funny in every diffent way. you will laugh your head off any time you read one of these poems. they are all diffrent not 1 is alike. If u like poems and laugihng, you will wnat to read this book over and over and over again.

The Best Poem Book I Have Ever Read!

This book is funny on ever single page.  Not one single pome is alike, they are all diffrent!  After you read the first page, you will want to finish the entire book right there.  I highly recommend it.

Reveiw on A Light in the Attic

I thought Shell Silverstein poetry was outstanding in 'The Light in the Attic'. I thought his poetry was creative, imagitive, hilarious, and great for children. 'A Light in the Attic' is one of Silverstein's best poety books out, and I think his poems will be read for years to come, by children and adults too!

Out of This World

I think The Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein is one of the best poetry books I¿ve read. It¿s funny and consumes my time enjoyably. The poem ¿It¿s Hot¿ I can relate to because I once got so hot, I couldn¿t bear the heat. I can also relate the world to the poem ¿Gooloo¿ because the people of New York City never stop working like the gooloo bird. I can also relate the poem ¿Strange Wind¿ and also to the poem ¿Come Skating¿ because they both are weird and don¿t make sense. I want to know how he came up with all these poems. There are long and short poems in this book. Most are pretty funny in a strange way. I like Shel Silverstein¿s style of writing and his weird humor. Why does his book have so many weird poems? Most of the poems are out of this world! The poems I would recommend are ¿Standing is Stupid¿, ¿Who Ordered Broiled Face¿, and ¿Gooloo¿. But my most favorite poem is ¿Who Ordered Broiled Face¿ because it doesn¿t make sense but is so hilarious. It made me laugh my head off! It¿s a good poem and my favorite in the whole book.

Shel's Finest!

Hiccups, painters, ponies, questioning zebras! What more could you ask for out of Shel Silverstein!! 'A Light in the Attic' is one of Silverstein's best book of poems he has published. In fact, it's so good, that I have read it in its entirity many times over!

it is the best book i read.

It's all poems. I like because it has funny stories. It is good because I like poems. There are no main characters. It is funny. Someone should read it because it is funny!

The Light That Will Never Go Out

The book I read was a light in the attic. My favorite short story/ poem was the babysitter. The babysitter would sit on the kids that she was babysitting until their parents got home. One of my favorite short stories/ poems is Mr. Spats and Mr.Speds because Mr. Spats had 27 hats and Mr.speds had 27 heads and I just thought that it was so funny. There is a polar bear in the freezer and he needed a place to stay so he lived in this guys freezer the theme of most of the short stories/poems is that they have things to do that can never happen for example the homework machine and he has a little boy inside doing his homework and it comes out wrong What I liked about this book is that it is things that are in your imagination and that is so great to see how far your imagination like when you have a homework machine because doesn¿t every one just wish that they could have a machine that does your homework. I have done most of my reading in my room where it is quiet and I can concentrate. And my first impression of this book is that it is just funny. I love this book because the poems are so funny that you could just laugh for hours at a time. A character that reminds me of myself is the babysitter that sits on kids when she baby-sits because that is what I thought it was when I was little and I was so afraid of the babysitter. My final thoughts of this book were just greater than I ever would have expected and I just loved it. I recommend this book to anyone who loves short stories/ poems and any one who loves to laugh because in this book you get that and so much more. There is a poem for every one in this book if you do not like to do the dishes or if you like hats you have to read this book I think that the author is trying to get the reader to laugh because it is very funny and you will just fall in love with this book. All of the different crazy characters are just funny and all the things they do. If you read this book then you will fall in love with it.

Fantastic Poems

There¿s a light on in the attic. Though the house is dark and shuttered, I can see a flickering flutter, and I know what it¿s about. There¿s a light on in the attic. I can see it from the outside, and I know you¿re on the inside¿ looking out. This is just one of many poems in the book A Light on in the Attic by Shel Silverstein. I like many of the poems in this book, but one of my favorites was Mr. Smeds and Mr. Spats. Mr. Spats had twenty-one hats, and none of them were the same. Mr. Smeds had twenty-one heads and only one hat to his name. Now, when Mr. Smeds met Mr. Spats, they talked of the buying and selling of hats. Mr. Spats bought Mr. Smeds¿ hat! Did you ever hear anything crazier than that? I thought this book was okay to read, but it was a little weird. A lot of the poems didn¿t make sense, and were confusing. Most of the poems were good, because they were very exciting. Most of the poems were also very funny, like Mr. Smeds and Mr. Spats. I think kids who are around eight years old through twelve years old should read this book. People who are under eight shouldn¿t read this book, because they probably might do what the poems say. Like this poem called How Not to Have to Dry the Dishes. If you have to dry the dishes (such and awful boring chore.) If you have to dry the dishes (instead of going to the store.) If you have to dry the dishes and you drop one on the floor maybe they won¿t let you dry the dishes anymore. This book was pretty easy for me to read and I¿m twelve years old, so if your over twelve this book would be way to easy.

Great Book For All Ages

This may be one of the best poetry books I've ever read. The poems are phenomenal. He has some great drawlings too. My favorite drawling is the drawling for the poem 'Union For Children's Rights' because the drawling is plain and simple but has a lot of meaning. Some of his poems are long while others are short. His poems can be 4 lines long while others are 48 lines long. Some poems can happen in real life. An example is the poem 'Overdues' because everybody has overdue books. In the poem 'Unscratchalbe Itch' it tells about an itch that just about everyone has.In the poem 'mr. Smeds and Mr. Spats' Mr. Spats has a lot of hats like me. This poem also relates to me, 'Messy Room' because I have a messy room. In the poem 'The Pirate' the pirate is sort of like Black Beard because of the things he does like walk the plank. These poems can relate to the world, books and even YOU! Even though this is a poem book you can still have some questions. My biggest questionis; where did he get the ideas for this book and the poems? Do any of these poems deal with him? Those are some of my questions. Do you have any? This book had a ton of poems i liked. But here are 3 of them. My favorite would probably be 'Play Ball' because I love to play baseball. My next favorite would be 'Spelling Bee' because it's funny but some people may not like the drawling. The last of my trio would be 'Homework Machine' because just about ever kid hates homework. Those are some of my favorite, how about yours.

how much i loved it.

i love all of the books you wright they are all very funny.I liked the one when the gie got stung by all of those bees on his butt.