The Giving Tree | For Those Who Like to Give or Receive

The Giving Tree | Fantastic Book that must be approached Correctly

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The Giving Tree

	The Giving Tree HarperCollins, 1992 - 64 pages average customer review:based on 604 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

For Those Who Like to Give or Receive

It's a book by Shel Silverstein. It's about a tree that gives a boy useful things. All the main characters are the boy and the tree. The setting is outside... ONLY! My favorite part was when the man just sat on the tree to rest.

The book isn't very exciting at first, but it's a very nice book. A person who likes to give or receive will like this book. I give this book 5 stars!!!

By: Mia Faith

Fantastic Book that must be approached Correctly

This is THE book I remember from my child hood. I remember crying and thinking about how terribly the tree was treated by the boy. It made my want to be a better person, and that's because my parents helped me understand that this wasn't a book about the boy, but in fact, the tree. The tree is the main character and the hero of this book. When you are ready to read this to your child, make sure you are ready to address moral issues of right and wrong, taking advantage of others and being taken advantage of. I look forward to sitting down with my children and reading this book to them. It represents a turning point, where simple lessons in right and wrong develop into analysis of the gray areas, and the unfairness that exists in life. I want my children, like I did, to understand that the tree was truly noble, but to a fault. I want them to see how destructive being self absorbed and lacking any empathy for others is to those who care and love for you. Some reviewers here attack the book as promoting the behavior of the boy. I have read and re-read the book and I cannot fathom how they come to that conclusion. That the boy didn't suffer retribution or punishment for his behavior is part of the point. The world is full of gray area morals and love is almost always blind. The tree never received love in return, but was fortunate, in that, in the end it was able to be happy despite all the wrong that had been done to it. Make it clear to your children that the tree is the main character (as the title attempts to do for your), and they'll feel bad for the tree and stand a chance of recognizing when they behave like the boy.

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ESSENTIAL...........................

The Giving Tree is the perfect gift for people who don't know how to give of themselves. It is a narrative reflection on the art of living. Parents should read this book to their children. Teachers should share it with their classes. It belongs on every bookshelf. It is a book for every age. Other such books are the educational and heartwarming series of Why Some Cats are Rascals, Book 2. Get them all and safe on shipping charges. You will be glad you did. These are books essential to everyone.

The Giving Tree, NOT The Taking Boy

It's funny how adults can't see the forest for the trees... Children take things at face value, and this is a good thing.

The book is entitled "The Giving Tree" and that's exactly what it's about. Unconditional Love. It is something that AMERICANS are trying very hard to destroy. If you'll notice, most of the negative reviews are written by americans... sad really. This book is had a very Christian attitude about it, not fake Christian, true Christian. If someone strikes your cheek, turn and offer the other. That is also unconditional love. If we all learned the lesson of this book, to give as long as you have something to give, then we would all be very happy. Instead many people concentrate on the taking boy. It shows that ultimately the taking boy is unhappy, yet the Giving Tree is ultimately very happy. We've decided to label good values as Clichés. "It is better to give than to receive" may be a cliché, but it is not clichéd. It is MORE important today than ever, because we are so far removed from this sentiment. People call this "co-dependence" but it's not. The giving tree is not giving to get something in return, she is simply giving because she feels good to give. She does get something in return though after all. The good feeling of giving, and she is never sad.

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