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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780060586751
ISBN: 0060586753
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 64
Publication Date: 2004-03
Publisher: HarperCollins
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Release Date: March 30, 2004
Studio: HarperCollins
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Outline To say that this particular apple tree is a "giving tree" is an understatement. In Shel Silverstein's popular tale of few words and simple line drawings, a tree starts out as a leafy playgrou
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To say that this particular apple tree is a "giving tree" is an understatement. In Shel Silverstein's popular tale of few words and simple line drawings, a tree starts out as a leafy playground, shade provider, and apple bearer for a rambunctious little boy. Making the boy happy makes the tree happy, but with time it becomes more challenging for the generous tree to meet his needs. When he asks for money, she suggests that he sell her apples. When he asks for a house, she offers her branches for lumber. When the boy is old, too old and sad to play in the tree, he asks the tree for a boat. She suggests that he cut her down to a stump so he can craft a boat out of her trunk. He unthinkingly does it. At this point in the story, the double-page spread shows a pathetic solitary stump, poignantly cut down to the heart the boy once carved into the tree as a child that said "M.E. + T." "And then the tree was happy... but not really." When there's nothing left of her, the boy returns again as an old man, needing a quiet place to sit and rest. The stump offers up her services, and he sits on it. "And the tree was happy." While the message of this book is unclear (Take and take and take? Give and give and give? Complete self-sacrifice is good? Complete self-sacrifice is infinitely sad?), Silverstein has perhaps deliberately left the book open to interpretation. (All ages) --Karin Snelson
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I've heard people cite The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein as an example of environmental children's literature, but I'm not so sure. Of course, the boy's connection with the tree, at least at the beginning of the book, is beautiful -- but why oh why does she keep taking him back, regardless of how he abuses her?? (I can't help but think of the kicked dog who returns to her master with her tail wagging between her legs.)
I'll admit this book does have one good message: Nature is not ... Read More
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Thank you for your fast delivery, the book was received in excellent condition. My child will enjoy this endearing story for years to come.
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Looking forward to reading this to my neice and nephew - wonderful book - arrived in great condition.
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My son received "The Giving Tree" when he was six years old. I still remember the first time I read it to him and he looked at me confused and asked what the story meant. I admit I was stumped to come up with an answer that a six year old could comprehend. Years later, I heard a sermon at my church by a visiting priest and he told the story behind "The Giving Tree". Father Brennan Manning and Shel Silversrein grew up together in a New York neighborhood. One was a Catholic and one was a Jew. After they ... Read More
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The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstien
The Giving Tree is about a boy and a tree who grow up together. When the boy needed something, the tree would give something of herself to him. But when the boy moves out, the tree gets lonely and now is only a stump. Later, the boy comes back and sits on the tree's stump and the tree is happy to see the boy again.
This book is for all ages and is very touching and teaches us how to give even when we have nothing.
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EAN: 9780060586751
ISBN: 0060586753
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 64
Publication Date: 2004-03
Publisher: HarperCollins
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Release Date: March 30, 2004
Studio: HarperCollins