You are the Giving Tree, she said.

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	• The Giving Tree HarperCollins, 1992 - 64 pages average customer review:based on 592 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A Wonderful Book

The Giving Tree is full of simple illustrations. The book begins with the introduction of a little boy's favorite tree that serves him as a leafy playground, and provider of shade and apples. The tree enjoys giving to the boy because as it makes him happy, it makes the tree happy to give. As the boy grows older, however, it is harder to provide for his needs. When the boy needs money, the tree offers for him to sell her apples, when he asks for a house, she offers her branches to build with. In the end the boy uses the trunk for the wood to make himself a boat and at this point in the story all that is left is a pathetic solitary stump cut down to the heart the boy once carved into the tree as a child that said "M.E. + T." In the end the old boy comes back to the tree and the tree has nothing left to offer him, so she thinks. But all the boy wants is a place to sit. This book is a great way to teach the sequence of age to students. As the author wrote the story, the boy and the tree grew during the duration of the book. The story also has some repetitive text which will be good for young children if they are new readers. This is a wonderful book and a great one to share with children and adults as well.

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The Giving Tree

Have you ever wanted to learn more about how to be a true friend? Well, have I got a book for you! I recently read the fiction book The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. The characters are a boy (who grows old) and a tree that might be in the boy's backyard. The boy and the tree have a friendship that lasts over a lifetime. The tree gives the boy all that he needs, and she is happy when he is happy. By reading this book, I learned how important it is to appreciate your friends. I recommend this book to people who already appreciate their friends, because they know that true friendships can last a lifetime.

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The Giving Tree

Have loved this book since I was little. Recently purchased for my son (2), as I hope he too will love it as much as I did.

You are the Giving Tree, she said.

"Sophomore year I entered your classroom playing the role of a student," she wrote. "I will never forget that red-headed teacher that pushed me to do a little more...."

This is part of the inscription that Allison wrote inside the front cover of "The Giving Tree." I had Allison as a student for three years in three different subjects. She presented this book to me at the end of her senior year. "You are the Giving Tree," she said. Read every word of this book because it is about you and me." I cried, of course, as I read the book.

In his complete innocence a little boy loves a tree for herself. Generously, she returns his love through gifts of self: her leaves for laurel crowns, her branches as a swing, her apples as food, games, rest. But time changes things. The boy turns his heart to love of girls, money, a house, a boat, and finally a simple place to rest.

Although his art is simple, Shel Silverstein's ideas are profound. This tree has given her all, everything, her totality to this child. Just think of this tree as mother, grandmother, teacher, and any other selfless adult in a child's life.

For that selflessness and because Allison celebrated mine, I dedicate this review to all the teachers who care and give selflessly of themselves. This is appropriate at the end of another school year when teachers are utterly exhausted. But by the end of summer they will throw themselves completely into teaching your children once again, refreshed physically and mentally, rejuvenated to their purpose, and eager to embrace their destiny: teaching your children whom they hold dear.

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The Giving Tree Review

When I was a child, I always wanted to be the child who would give up anything so another child could have it. The Giving tree by Shel Silverstein was such an inspiration to me. In all situations that we may face as we are younger and grow older, we always have that one person who will be there for you to give you a helping hand, give you some advice, show you what you need to do and just be there if you needed a hug. It really taught me that. I will never forget this book because it is still do amazing to me. All of the young kids whom I have read it to have enjoyed this book and those who havent yet read this will Love it

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'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.

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.

Ages 10+

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