| The Giving Tree |  | Author: Silverstein
Publisher: Harper Collins
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  619 reviews
Media: Hardcover
ISBN: 0329230077
EAN: 9780329230074
Publication Date: 1992
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Condition: Like new inside. Clean text, good dust jacket with a touch of wear. Prompt shipping. Thanks!
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 Perfect for so many occasions January 5, 2009
This book is one of the best books ever written. I can read it one day and be inspired and on another be discouraged. Its simplicity makes it ambiguous, dimensional, and endlessly fascinating. I am an art teacher for multi-grade unit school and I read this book to Kindergarteners through 12th graders at different times and for different reasons throughout the year. I read it to encourage students to donate to our annual food & clothing charity drive to show how we can keep on giving even when we think we have nothing left. I read it to talk about sharing, and caring, and loving, and friendship, and taking too much. I read it when I want to talk about the environment. It works for everything and it never ceases to resonate with children. Children and adults can all take something away from this book - it is an endlessly giving tree.
A Sadly beautiful and lovely story January 5, 2009
I grew up with the Giving Tree and it's always been a bittersweet apple kind of story. I think every child needs to learn his/her effects on others, even at a very young age. I disagree with the other parent about sheltering your children. This story is about every loved one, or anyone who has truly loved another unconditionally, and most importantly in this day and age, or about our mother earth, whom we should cherish for every bit she is giving to us while we destroy her. I'm not usually a "tree hugger," but this book brings it out in me. Children are our greatest assets. We envision so much as such a young age, and should realize the effects of our behaviour then. I remember collecting doodle bugs (pill bugs) in sandwich baggies in kindergarden and not understanding why they'd curl up and would not play. I eventually realized that they didn't want to play - they just wanted to survive. We hide this from our children, but perhaps all these books just teach our children how to learn and appreciate the world around us. I also would like to note that I read this book at my friends funeral, who passed away from lukemia, and every day of her life, she spent helping others. It is Giving Trees that make life wonderful. And the sooner we learn that, the better.
Great childhood memory December 29, 2008
This is one of the best classics. I loved this book about about the love between boy and nature. It teaches children about appreciation and kindness. Its such a beautifull book that even at my age... Currently 25, have in my books and cherish it dearly. A must have for any child. I assure you they will love it like all of us did.
The Giving Tree December 21, 2008
A child's tale of the morality of going green and what happens when we don't.
children's book December 20, 2008
Wonderful book to build self-esteem in young children. Used as a gift but have one also.
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