HarperCollins - The Giving Tree

This simple and timeless tale written by Shel Silverstein chronicles the lifelong relationship between a boy and a tree who loves him. She gives him shade, apples and a place to play, but, as the child grows, he demands more of the tree and she gives him everything she has. While this book is a "message book," it leaves much to interpretation, offering readers a chance to draw their own conclusions about giving, taking, and what it means to love someone unconditionally.

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.

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. "Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy." 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...

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

A classic book for all ages—for mothers and fathers! A moving parable about the gift of giving and the capacity to love, told throughout the life of a boy who grows to manhood and a tree that selflessly gives him her bounty through the years.

This simple and timeless tale written by Shel Silverstein chronicles the lifelong relationship between a boy and a tree who loves him. She gives him shade, apples and a place to play, but, as the child grows, he demands more of the tree and she gives him everything she has. While this book is a "message book," it leaves much to interpretation, offering readers a chance to draw their own conclusions about giving, taking, and what it means to love someone unconditionally.