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The Giving Tree [With CD] Book
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Amazon Review
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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Product Description
This charmingly illustrated children's book about a young boy and his relationship with a tree in the forest is available here in a hardcover version. For a limited time, the book is also available with an accompanying CD of Shel Silverstein himself reading the tale. The story touches on all sorts of themes of growing up, sacrifice, and even environmentalism. The book is not only moving, it is also a great opportunity to introduce older children to the concept of critical thinking, challenging them to interpret for themselves what the message of the story is. The Giving Tree was written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein in 1964. The book became one of Silverstein's most popular titles and has been translated into over 30 different languages worldwide.
- 0060586753
- 9780060586751
- Shel Silverstein
- 1 April 2004
- HarperCollins
- Hardcover (Book)
- 64
- Har/Com
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