This year, as The Giving Tree turns fifty, this timeless classic is available for the first time ever in ebook format. This digital edition will allow young readers and lifelong fans to continue the legacy and love of a household classic that will now reach an even wider audience. Never before have Shel Silverstein’s children’s books appeared in a format other than hardcover.
Since it was first … hardcover.
Since it was first published fifty years ago, Shel Silverstein’s poignant picture book for readers of all ages has offered a touching interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another’s capacity to love in return.
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My grandchild’s favorite book to have read out loud to him.
I don’t like this book at all. What’s so great about the tree giving up its life for the whims of a human being?
A classic!
This has been one of my favorite books since elementary school.
Friends used this book for wedding guests to leave comments. A treasure.
This timeless story is a classic and deservedly so. The tale of a tree that gives of itself time and again to fulfill a boy’s wishes and needs–until there is nothing left to give–seems tragic. Yet, the benevolent tree finds that there is something it can yet do for the boy. A warm story of the virtue of giving selflessly to others.
The Giving Tree, another Shel Silverstein spectacular book for the ages. Wonderful for reading aloud to children as well as them learning to read to themselves. Nothing negative could be said about this book.l
This is my favorite book to give as a gift to special people. It is what love is.
One of my favorite books as a child 🙂