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THE GIVING TREE by Shel Silverstein (1964, Hardcover)

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Author: Shel SilversteinFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens BooksISBN-10: 0060256656
ISBN-13: 9780060256654Publication Year: 1964
Subject: ClassicsAge Level: --
Topic: --Language: English
Special Attributes: IllustratedCondition: Very Good
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A young boy grows to manhood and old age experiencing the love and generosity of a tree which gives to him without thought of return.
Shel Silverstein writes and draws an intriguingly ambiguous classic, the meaning of which will probably always be debated. THE GIVING TREE tells the tale of a young boy and the tree who, literally piece by piece, gives her life for him. Throughout the story, the tree (which is referred to by female pronouns) never hesitates to give the boy whatever he asks of her. At first she provides shade, then her fruit for him to sell, next her branches as lumber for his house, and finally her entire trunk for him to fashion into a boat. Now the tree has been cut down to a stump right at the point he'd carved a heart and their initials, "M.E. + T.," when he was child. "And then the tree was happy...but not really." By the story's end, the little boy is an old man who, after many years away, returns to the tree to use her last remaining piece--her stump--as a place to sit and rest. "And the tree was happy." Illustrated with Silverstein's signature black-and-white line drawings.

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Height:9.3 in.
Width:7.5 in.
Thickness:0.8 in.
Weight:15.2 oz.

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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.


This story of a boy who grows to manhood, and of a tree that gives him her bounty through the years, is a moving parable about the gift of giving and the capacity to love.


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THE GIVING TREE

by Shel Silverstein.

Published by HarperCollins.   Only date listed -- 1964.

ISBN: 0-06-025665-6

In very good condition:  No tears, marks, or creased pages.  No inscriptions, etc.  Not X-Library.   The front and back covers do show some slight shelf wear.   There is no dust jacket.

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