The Giving Tree The Giving Tree

The Giving Tree

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Publisher Description

As The Giving Tree turns fifty, this timeless classic is available for the first time ever in ebook format. This digital edition allows young readers and lifelong fans to continue the legacy and love of a classic that will now reach an even wider audience.

"Once there was a 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. This moving parable for all ages offers a touching interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return.

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's incomparable career as a bestselling children's book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. He is also the creator of picture books including A Giraffe and a Half, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, and the perennial favorite The Giving Tree, and of classic poetry collections such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, Every Thing On It, Don't Bump the Glump!, and Runny Babbit.

And don't miss the other Shel Silverstein ebooks, Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic!

  • GENRE
    Kids
    RELEASED
    2014
    February 18
    LANGUAGE
    EN
    English
    LENGTH
    31
    Pages
    PUBLISHER
    HarperCollins
    SELLER
    HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
    SIZE
    5.6
    MB
    AUDIENCE
    Grades P-3

    Customer Reviews

    bgeoffreyb ,

    The Giving Tree

    This story about a tree has affected my life more than I could have possibly imagined. I was read this story as a child many time, and thought it was cool. But only because this boy had made a lifelong friend, and they were both happy. But I recently came back and reread this book as an adult. I can't say how much it moved me. It shows how much you can love someone, almost to the point of decimating yourself, and still see what that person is doing to you. But it also teaches a lesson that people can change, as the boy does.
    Sometimes I wonder if the tree is the most human character in the story. I would like to think so.

    Childhood Favorite ,

    Excited

    I could never find this book anywhere after always reading my friend's copy as a kid. I read that it was banned? I pre-ordered this copy so I can read it again. It means so much to me. Always has been my favorite, always.

    54628874737 ,

    Great for bedtime

    My nine year old son, Greg kept getting out of bed so I read this to him and showed him a picture of Shel on the back of the book and said “ If you get out of bed tonight, you might run into Shel Silverstein in the hallway. “. He hasn’t gotten out of bed since, he 14 now.

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