Q. What type of book is a light in the attic?
Children’s literaturePoetry
Q. Who wrote lights in the attic?
Shel Silverstein
Q. Why is Light in the Attic banned?
It was banned in a Florida school in 1993 and challenged in other US schools throughout the 1980s and 90s because the poems were seen as promoting disobedience, violence, suicide, Satan and even cannibalism.
Q. Why is Shel Silverstein Light in the Attic banned?
Shel Silverstein’s book of poems – considered a classic by many readers – was banned in some Florida schools due to concerns that it promotes violence and disrespect.
Q. When did Shel Silverstein write a light in the attic?
1981
Q. Why was James and the Giant Peach banned?
In 1986, a WI town banned this book because religious groups thought a scene featuring a spider licking her lips could be taken in two ways, including sexual.
Q. Is Where The Sidewalk Ends banned?
Where the Sidewalk Ends is one of the most challenged children’s book because many parents view it as rebellious. In 1986 the book was banned from West Allis Milwaukee school libraries because of drug reference, suicide, death, and a disrespect for truth and authority.
Q. Why is Hoot banned?
Bans have been in steady decline since 2007. Aledo ISD School: Coder Elementary Book: Hoot, Carl Hiaasen Reason cited: Profanity Action taken: Retained Note: Curse words including “damn and smartass” are in the book. The committee recommended that it was more appropriate for high school.
Q. What is the message of The Giving Tree?
In short, not tallying things up is one hard lesson for us needy people to learn, but The Giving Tree teaches it so well. She gives and gives and gives, never expecting anything in return, never asking for her due, never REMINDING the Boy of all she has sacrificed. It’s not martyrdom, it’s just unchecked altruism.
Q. Is the giving tree poem?
“The Giving Tree” is one of Shel Silverstein’s most well-known works. It was written and illustrated by him in the year 1964. It is published as a children’s picture book. The poem celebrates nature’s giving, and laments humans’ taking, and reminds us about the little things in life that bring us the most happiness.
Q. What is the conflict in the giving tree?
Both the plot of the book and the tension within come from the boys greed as he grows up. The conflict within the book stems from the boys greed, and the tree’s unwillingness to tell the boy no. The tree wants what’s best for the boy even if it has to potential of hurting itself in the long run.
Q. What is in the rising action?
Rising action includes the series of events (usually the conflicts or struggles of the protagonist) that increase tension, propel the plot forward, and lead to the climax of the story.
Q. Why was the tree happy at the end of the story?
Answer: In an effort to make the boy happy at each of these stages, the tree gives him parts of herself, which he can transform into material items, such as money (from her apples), a house (from her branches), and a boat (from her trunk). With every stage of giving, “the Tree was happy”.
Q. Is the giving tree about mothers?
For its fans, the book is a parable about the beauty of generosity, and the power of giving to forge connection between two people. For its detractors, the book is an irresponsible tale that glorifies maternal selflessness, even as the maternal figure is destroyed in the process.
Q. Why do you think the tree is not stirred Despite all efforts?
Answer: The giving tree is all about the tree and a boy. The memory of childhood of the boy who used to climb up the tree and the tree use to love back the boy. The tree is not stirred despite all efforts is because the boy lost it at the end to build his home.
