The Giving Tree
By Shel Silverstein
- Release Date: 2014-02-18
- Genre: Classics for Kids
Description
As The Giving Tree turns fifty, this timeless classic is available for the first time ever in ebook format. This digital edition allows young readers and lifelong fans to continue the legacy and love of a classic that will now reach an even wider audience.
"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. This moving parable for all ages offers a touching interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return.
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's incomparable career as a bestselling children's book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. He is also the creator of picture books including A Giraffe and a Half, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, and the perennial favorite The Giving Tree, and of classic poetry collections such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, Every Thing On It, Don't Bump the Glump!, and Runny Babbit.
And don't miss the other Shel Silverstein ebooks, Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic!
Reviews
The Giving Tree
5By Shygrl2024I haven’t read this book in a long time and I had forgotten how much I loved this book until I just read it again. This book is awesome for everyone to read. :)Rly good
5By hewo bwuhI really love this book it’s sweet and the tree always does her best :)Great for bedtime
5By 54628874737My nine year old son, Greg kept getting out of bed so I read this to him and showed him a picture of Shel on the back of the book and said “ If you get out of bed tonight, you might run into Shel Silverstein in the hallway. “. He hasn’t gotten out of bed since, he 14 now.🤔
5By Some Dude Named RayMy high school sweetheart bought me this book as a gift when we were dating. I was 16 years of age. She was 18. I guess she was trying to tell me that I was the tree and she(🪝) was the boy after all. I’m still that tree at 46 and I’ve learned through the years that when giving of yourself that much you are bound to get hurt that much. Now that I’m aware, I shall not comment or post as much online because I continue to be left behind by those who won’t consider helping me when I need the help most. So learn to keep your guard up or else those little boys will take advantage of you and yet they’ll use things against you that aren’t true especially if your name is Tom Cruise and Ryan Seacrest. They’re already hacking my main cell phone it’s disgusting how having that amount of money can turn you into a complete monster towards someone like me full of ideas and that’s all they want. Let them hack you until the FBI gets involved. Just sayin’I like it
5By Loren bencomoI read this book on paper before but it is good it’s called the tree and I love it it’s of a little boy in a tree in the tree does all these miracle magical things for it for the little boy I really do recommend it it gets a little sad at some point because the trees chop down and trees also bring us oxygen I love this book I do think that you should recommend it and even if you don’t want to recommend it that’s OK I put a five point star view and I do recommend it even if it gets a little sad sometimes I know my review is long but just hold on with me I love this book it is really good you can buy on Etsy I do thinkMy favorite book
2By A child✨✨This book is a masterpiece of literature, though I do have to say the picture on the back scared my 17th born on the way so bad I no longer have a 17th born on the way though my 19th born thinks he looks like Santa Claus.The Giving Tree
5By Jiyoon Y.Childhood community reading time fact. The three rules. Tree is giving.Giving
5By Krissy & TommyA great lesson in giving which makes the tree very happy even when the tree had nothing left. It has wonderful sentiment. I like it even more as an adult.So touching
5By ATL Wknd WarriorOh how I know the treeGreat book!
5By Glow like a diamondIt really shows the importance of trees. I love how it also shows the importance giving and kindness. The book also shows how one thing can make an enormous difference! Loved it!!!Ps this isn’t a graphic novel I’m pretty sure
5By Duck lover 27Dank donute guy wrote this booke with his doge and his cate in africaeNoooooo
2By asgdncuebviwbfrhctadsv nvNononononoSo adorable!!!🥺
5By phoebe$$$🧜♀️This is better than my favorite graphic novel. It’s so cute that it makes me cry😓😓😓 it’s sad and there’s a reason why. But it’s super duper cute. And the best book in the world😊😊😊😊 thank youUm you guys got 3 pages and the book is so dum
1By mikenly mcclainNot reading it againWell....
5By unicorn lover3dA librarian read this to me in my old days... Pre-school? Pre-K? I’m not sure. I have always remembered this book but have not ordered it yet, but I’m going to. The boy and the tree, it has been stuck in my mind, which is good. This book reminds me of my dead hamster and fish, who I always have loved and hoped to see again. It reminds me of my family, my relatives, all the way to great-great-great-great grandparents. I have not even known my great-grandparents, but I wish to see them someday. The Giving Tree teaches kids to love their moms, their dads, brothers, sisters, pets, aunts, uncles, grandmothers, grandfathers, great-grandparents, great-great-grandparents, all until the earliest days. The Giving Tree is way better than The Taking Tree, which is a similar but badder book than The Giving Tree. I have a ancient tree in my yard, which was there since when my father was a boy. My house, where my grandfather used to live, the USA, Ohio, where I live, where I was born, where I was baptized.... *sniff* all the memories........ All so sad, having relatives across the ocean,....... this brings memories to children, too, and brings friends and family closer.From the mouth of a 4yr old
4By REDEEMED FANATICI love the guy that wrote this book. Everybody rock on! Hey yo I love you!AAAAAAAA
5By LuguabThis book is good and niceI think...
5By Sat am smurfingIt was a great book. You should not be greedy but you should be grateful for what you have.Amazing
5By 16516726Quite an outstanding peice of art! My heart broke into tears reading the book of true happiness.
