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"The Giving Tree" is a classic and moving story by Shel Silverstein. Once there was a little tree ...and she loved a little boy. So begins a story of ...Show synopsis"The Giving Tree" is a classic and moving story by Shel Silverstein. Once there was a little tree ...and she loved a little boy. So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk ...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein has created a moving parable for readers of all ages that offers an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return. Shel Silverstein's very first children's book "Lafcadio", the "Lion Who Shot Back" was published in 1963, and followed the next year by two other books. The first of those, "The Giving Tree", is a moving story about the love of a tree for a boy; it took four years before Harper Children's books decided to publish it. Shel returned to humour that same year with "A Giraffe and a Half". His first collection of poems and drawings, "Where the Sidewalk Ends", appeared in 1974, and his second, "A Light in the Attic", in 1981. When he was a G.I. in Japan and Korea in the 1950, he learned to play the guitar and to write songs, including "A Boy Named Sue" for Johnny Cash. In 1984, Silverstein won a Grammy Award for Best Children's Album for "Where the Sidewalk Ends" - 'recited, sung and shouted' by the author. He was also an accomplished playwright, including the 1981 hit, "The Lady or the Tiger Show". The last book to be published before he died in 1999, was "Falling Up" (1996).Hide synopsis
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It looks like a children's book. It even sounds like a children's book. But there's a strong message here and, if you've discovered the controversy at all, you'll know that message is definitely up for interpretation.
Is the story sweet or sad? Is it uplifting or depressing?
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This book has always been one of my favorites. Everytime I'm asked what my favorite book is/was-it's this one. When my son was small, I bought this book to read to him. As he grew up and with my husband as well, I've re-read it to them both, as a reminder that the tree loved the little boy so much, ...
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While this is just a short, little childrens' book that can be read in five minutes , it's one of the sweetest books you can read.
I first read it in a bookstore at the urging of a friend. It brought tears to my eyes, right there in the store. I had to buy it, even though my daughter was only a baby ...
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In writing and illustrating The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein accomplished a masterpiece through the use of unadorned illustrations and descriptive text that requires no interpretation for the reader; thus the moving, unforgetable life lesson is preserved for parents and adults to share with and guide ...
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A little boy shares a changing relationship with a tree. The tree gives endlessly without taking throughout the boy's life which faces the usual hardships and at times the boy seems selfish and the tree is to be pited. In the end, however, the two have compatible lives again.
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I love the story so much I am getting a tattoo for my son. I bought the 2010 hard copy and was so disappointed that the quote I am having does not appear in the book. It appears on an illustrated page and reads: "and she loves a little boy very,very much -even more than she loved herself"
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It looks like a children's book. It even sounds like a children's book. But there is a strong message here and, if you have discovered the controversy at all, you'll know that this message is definitely up for interpretation.
Is the story sweet or sad? Is it uplifting or depressing?
Some see ...
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So I don't understand the moral of this story - why is the tree so giving and the boy so "taking"? What is the purpose that is being fulfilled? Is there some deeper message I've been missing all these years?
