About this title: 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 ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 1964
ISBN-13:9780060256654ISBN:0060256656
Description: Good. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Picture book. With dust jacket. 64 p. Contains: Illustrations. Previous Owner's Inscription. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date Published: 1964
ISBN-13:9780060256661ISBN:0060256664
Description: Silverstein, Shel. Very Good. Library binding. Cloth over boards. Picture book. 64 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 1964
ISBN-13:9780060256654ISBN:0060256656
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Picture book. With dust jacket. 64 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. Hardcover. 3rd. Ed. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Description: Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Two long jacket edge tears, now in plastic cover. White residue? front board. Spine ends worn. Pages clean. Binding good. read more
Edition: None Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row Publishers, New York
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780060256661ISBN:0060256664
Description: Silverstein. Very Good in Very Good jacket. EX-LIBRARY. EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET WRAPPED IN MYLAR IS LIGHTLY SOILED. ILLUSTRATED HARD COVER COVER. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row, NY
Date Published: 1964
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good- jacket. BOMC Edition. Large 8vo in green pictorial boards. Gift insc. on inside frnt pnl, and old price on uppr frnt fly, else VG+/VG-in clear dust jacket cvr. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Modan Publishing House
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9789657141496ISBN:9657141494
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Description: Very good. By Shel Silverstein; ISBN: 0060256656; Pub. : HarperCollins; Pub. Date: 1992-10-07; Media: Hardcover; Weight: 12 oz.; (162JZ1109099) 1992 HARDCOVER EDITION, VERY CRISP AND CLEAN BOOK WITH SLIGHT SCUFFING ON DJ. by Shel Silverstein; ISBN: 0060256656; Pub. : HarperCollins; Pub. Date: 1992-10-07; Media: Hardcover; Weight: 12 oz.; (162JZ1109099) 1992 HARDCOVER EDITION, VERY CRISP AND CLEAN BOOK WITH SLIGHT SCUFFING ON DJ. read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780590396219ISBN:0590396218
Description: Good + in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Clean text/ tight binding/ no tears on DJ. Previous owners inscription covers flypage. read more
Edition: Book Club Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins, New York
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780590396219ISBN:0590396218
Description: Illustrated by Shel Silverstein. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0590396218. Text is clean. Pictoral cover shows minimal wear. Dust jacket shows some wear, with small indentations along front exterior gutter. Pink ink marks on rear free endpaper.; Book Club Edition; B&W Illustrations. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper and Row, New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good. No Jacket. First and classic work of this prolific children's humorist. Green cover front and back with dark green tree on front with boy red shorts/green shirt. Nothing on back cover. Ex-lib stamps inside cover but no card catalogue pocket. Small, blank white gummy label on front cover. read more
"This book has always been one of my favorites. Everytime I'm asked what my favorite book is/was-it's this one. When my son was small, I bought this book to read to him. As he grew up and with my husband as well, I've re-read it to them both, as a reminder that the tree loved the little boy so much, it gave him everything-right down to it's last everything...same as my love for them...the boy got the point in the end, as well as my family. I will always read this book, recoomend it and never forget it--it's his best work in my opinion."
"While this is just a short, little childrens' book that can be read in five minutes , it's one of the sweetest books you can read. I first read it in a bookstore at the urging of a friend. It brought tears to my eyes, right there in the store. I had to buy it, even though my daughter was only a baby at the time, and we were quite poor. On the surface, the book appear to be about the relationship of a boy and an apple tree. The boy loves the tree and the tree loves the boy. As the boy grows up, the tree (referred to with the female pronoun) always meets his needs, offering herself willingly because of her love for the boy. As for the deeper meaning, it has been the subject of debate. I think it demonstrates the sacrificial love of parents toward their children. Although you could argue that the boy seems to be selfish and unappreciative of all the tree gives him, that is the nature of children. It's also normal for parents to want to provide for their children. It's a poignant, sweet story."
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