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Summary: The Absolute Best Book In Print Today
Review: The "Master of Children's Books" has proven his worthiness of such a title. This has been my all time favorite book. I give it as gifts for people of all ages. The lessons taught by the "Master" are bitter sweet. The book in many ways reminds me of my mother and how I did not appreciate her untill she was gone. I hope others can learn the valuable lesson from this book before it is to late. I own every Shel Silverstein book known, including his out of print adult book, Different Dances. He is a genius! If you must only purchase on of Silverstein's books, this is the one. But please consider enlightning yours and your loved ones by adding as many of his books to your library.
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Summary: Its A Wonderful Book
Review: I like the Giving Tree it's a wonderful book. It's about a boy when he was young he used to swing on his branches. Will when he gets older he asked for his leaves to make a house,and then he wants his trunk to make a boat,and his apples to sell. When he gets older the tree has nothing to give to him and at the end he is about in his 50s and he is sitting on the strump sitting alone and lonely. Can't tell you the rest so read this book!
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Summary: Wonderful lesson about giving and taking.
Review: This is one of my favorite children's books to read aloud to the preschool lab at My High School. The children love it so much and have begged me to read it again and again. There are other great Silverstein Books, but this is certainly one of the best. My friend Miss Elliott, hates this book because she feels that the boy took everything from the tree to be selfish. She has dubbed it "The Taking Boy." I totally disagree with her because the tree was happy to give. When the boy wants money, the tree gave him her apples to sell in the city for a living. When the boy needs a house, the tree gave him her branches to build one with. Although a tree can't live without her branches, a person can't live very easily without a house. Even after the tree is nothing but a dead stump, she tells the boy to sit on her when he is tired. I am writing this review in memory of Shel Silverstein, who was just as generous as the tree itself.
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Summary: A wonderful book for anyone who has ever loved
Review: I had almost completely forgotten about this book until I saw it in the bookstore. And then I remembered instantly that once upon a time that I can't remember anymore, I had loved reading this story. I thought that it must have touched me because it was about having to grow up and let go of the past. But reading the book over again, I knew what it was really about. It's about loving somebody so much that you feel ready to sacrifice anything in order to have them want to be with you. And it's about the pain of knowing that you can't always make the person feel that way. I think this is a great book for children and adult's alike because these feelings are ones we expeience at every age. BTW, has anyone else who has read the book and looked closely at the pictures noticed that the second heart the boy drew on the tree (the one of him and Y.L. (young love) disappears when the boy is sad? I think it is a good reminder that even those who break our hearts have gotten their hearts broken by someone else.
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Summary: Thank you for this story
Review: I think "The Giving Tree"is a good book becaue my interpretation is that it is cruel if one boy gives everything and the other gives nothing . Thank you very much. Thank you for this story.
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Summary: Everything a book should be
Review: This is by far the most enjoyable book I've ever read. I remember this book from childhood but I bought my own copy this summer. I'm 20 years old and it still brings me to tears. A must-own for all ages.
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Summary: An important learning tool for your children
Review: I have read many negative reviews on this book "the giving tree". I have also read the positive ones and they don't seem to portray the book in the same way I do. I believe this is a wonderful book which teaches not of love and not of the environment but of what we find disturbing in life. I feel this book is depressing and frustrating but I think that the reason you learn from it is because you recognize that there is something wrong in the relationship. One gives and gives and loves and loves and is happy and the other takes and takes and is never satisfied. When I read this, I feel that it is not the kind of relationship I want. If you discuss the book with your children I think they can learn to recognize a bad relationship before its too late. Because these relationships are a big problem when our children grow up, maybe we can embed in their heads that this is not right from the beginning. To learn from this book, you need to discuss the issues with your children. Life is not full of perfect relationships and to teach your children of only the good on life, how are they to recognize the bad.
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Summary: ABSOLUTLY THE BEST!!!
Review: THIS HAS GOT TO BE ONE OF THE GREATEST BOOKS OUT THERE. I REMEMBER HAVING THIS BOOK WHEN I WAS LITTLE. NOW I FOUND ONE FOR MY SON WHO IS 2 YEARS OLD. IT'S A WONDERFUL BOOK.
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Summary: Hard to find any positive message
Review: You can squint, you can stare, you can read it over and over but any positive message in this book will still be hard to find. I usually read the book before reading it to my niece but I didn't do so with this one. I wish I had. I felt like stopping half-way through the story but I hoped it would get better. You can explain it to a child in a certain way but you can't escape the negative undertones of this book. It's sad and depressing. It seems like it's teaching that it's ok to keep asking for more and more and to never be happy with what you have. Adults could understand the meaning but have fun trying to explain it to a child. I don't recommend this book.
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Summary: A book with a big heart, great lesson and magnificent feel.
Review: Anyone wanting to teach their child a love of nature and human existence must choose this book. A life of give and take is a happy one. When I read this book to my five-year-old son,(He has it memorized.)we always read the sentence,"And the tree was happy" together. Reading this book has, I think, strengthened my son's love for nature. This week, we're forming a leaf collection and plan to plant his own TREE this fall. God bless Shell Silverstein for his vision and his talents.
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