{"id":45564,"date":"2020-04-02T17:24:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T17:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienterpriseltd.com\/product\/the-giving-tree-hardcover-february-18-2014\/"},"modified":"2020-08-25T04:02:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T04:02:00","slug":"the-giving-tree-hardcover-february-18-2014","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/alienterpriseltd.com\/?product=the-giving-tree-hardcover-february-18-2014","title":{"rendered":"The Giving Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-45564 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/alienterpriseltd.com\/?attachment_id=45566'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/alienterpriseltd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41fR2KV7jzL._SS150_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/alienterpriseltd.com\/?attachment_id=45567'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/alienterpriseltd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41kgL90AQYL._SS150_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/alienterpriseltd.com\/?attachment_id=45569'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/alienterpriseltd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/31vTM89aO-L._SS150_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<!-- show up to 2 reviews by default -->                              <\/p>\n<h3>Amazon.com Review<\/h3>\n<div data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"300\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height:300px\">\n<div class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\">\n<p>To say that this particular apple tree is a &#8220;giving tree&#8221; is an understatement. In Shel Silverstein&#8217;s popular tale of few words and simple line drawings, a tree starts out as a leafy playground, shade provider, and apple bearer for a rambunctious little boy. Making the boy happy makes the tree happy, but with time it becomes more challenging for the generous tree to meet his needs. When he asks for money, she suggests that he sell her apples. When he asks for a house, she offers her branches for lumber. When the boy is old, too old and sad to play in the tree, he asks the tree for a boat. She suggests that he cut her down to a stump so he can craft a boat out of her trunk. He unthinkingly does it. At this point in the story, the double-page spread shows a pathetic solitary stump, poignantly cut down to the heart the boy once carved into the tree as a child that said &#8220;M.E. + T.&#8221; &#8220;And then the tree was happy&#8230; but not really.&#8221; When there&#8217;s nothing left of her, the boy returns again as an old man, needing a quiet place to sit and rest. The stump offers up her services, and he sits on it. &#8220;And the tree was happy.&#8221; While the message of this book is unclear (Take and take and take? Give and give and give? Complete self-sacrifice is good? Complete self-sacrifice is infinitely sad?), Silverstein has perhaps deliberately left the book open to interpretation. (All ages) <i>&#8211;Karin Snelson<\/i>                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"><a href=\"void(0)\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expander-toggle=\"{&quot;allowLinkDefault&quot;:true, &quot;expand_prompt&quot;:&quot;Read more&quot;, &quot;collapse_prompt&quot;:&quot;Read less&quot;}\"><i class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"><\/i><span class=\"a-expander-prompt\">Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>Review<\/h3>\n<div data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"300\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height:300px\">\n<div class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\">\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re looking for a children\u2019s book that teaches generosity or unselfishness, most people will point you right to <em>The Giving Tree<\/em>, Shel Silverstein\u2019s lovely story of a tree that will do anything for the boy it loves\u2014and for good reason. This classic is always a good place to start.\u201d (Brightly)                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"><a href=\"void(0)\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expander-toggle=\"{&quot;allowLinkDefault&quot;:true, &quot;expand_prompt&quot;:&quot;Read more&quot;, &quot;collapse_prompt&quot;:&quot;Read less&quot;}\"><i class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"><\/i><span class=\"a-expander-prompt\">Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div data-a-expander-name=\"toggle_description\" class=\"a-row a-expander-container a-expander-extend-container\">                                  P.when(&#8216;A&#8217;).execute(function(A) {                      A.on(&#8216;a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse&#8217;, function(data) {                        window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100);                      });                    });                                <\/p>\n<div class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-extend-content\">\n<h3>From the Back Cover<\/h3>\n<div data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"300\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height:300px\">\n<div class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\">\n<p>&#8220;Once there was a tree . . . and she loved a little boy.&#8221; So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein.<\/p>\n<p>Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;. 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.<\/p>\n<p>Since it was first published fifty years ago, Shel Silverstein&#8217;s moving parable for readers of all ages has offered an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another&#8217;s capacity to love in return.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"><a href=\"void(0)\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expander-toggle=\"{&quot;allowLinkDefault&quot;:true, &quot;expand_prompt&quot;:&quot;Read more&quot;, &quot;collapse_prompt&quot;:&quot;Read less&quot;}\"><i class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"><\/i><span class=\"a-expander-prompt\">Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>About the Author<\/h3>\n<div data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"300\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height:300px\">\n<div class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\">\n<p>Shel Silverstein &#8216;s incomparable career as a bestselling children&#8217;s book author and illustrator began with <em>Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back<\/em>. He is also the creator of picture books including <em>A Giraffe and a Half<\/em>, <em>Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?<\/em>, <em>The Missing Piece<\/em>, <em>The Missing Piece Meets the Big O<\/em>, and the perennial favorite <em>The Giving Tree<\/em>, as well as classic poetry collections such as <em>Where the Sidewalk Ends<\/em>, <em>A Light in the Attic<\/em>, <em>Every Thing On It<\/em>, <em>Don&#8217;t Bump the Glump!<\/em>, and <em>Runny Babbit<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Shel Silverstein &#8216;s incomparable career as a bestselling children&#8217;s book author and illustrator began with <em>Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back<\/em>. He is also the creator of picture books including <em>A Giraffe and a Half<\/em>, <em>Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?<\/em>, <em>The Missing Piece<\/em>, <em>The Missing Piece Meets the Big O<\/em>, and the perennial favorite <em>The Giving Tree<\/em>, as well as classic poetry collections such as <em>Where the Sidewalk Ends<\/em>, <em>A Light in the Attic<\/em>, <em>Every Thing On It<\/em>, <em>Don&#8217;t Bump the Glump!<\/em>, and <em>Runny Babbit<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"><a href=\"void(0)\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expander-toggle=\"{&quot;allowLinkDefault&quot;:true, &quot;expand_prompt&quot;:&quot;Read more&quot;, &quot;collapse_prompt&quot;:&quot;Read less&quot;}\"><i class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"><\/i><span class=\"a-expander-prompt\">Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>                <a href=\"void(0)\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-expander-header a-declarative a-expander-extend-header\" data-a-expander-toggle=\"{&quot;allowLinkDefault&quot;:true, &quot;expand_prompt&quot;:&quot;See more&quot;, &quot;collapse_prompt&quot;:&quot;See less&quot;}\"><i class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"><\/i><span class=\"a-expander-prompt\">See more<\/span><\/a>              <\/div>\n<p>The Giving Tree, a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein, has been a classic favorite for generations.Since it was first published fifty years ago, Shel Silverstein&#8217;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&#8217;s capacity to love in return.Shel Silverstein&#8217;s incomparable career as a bestselling children&#8217;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&#8217;t Bump the Glump!, and Runny Babbit.And don&#8217;t miss Runny Babbit Returns, the new book from Shel Silverstein!<br \/>\n[amz_corss_sell asin=&#8221;0060256656&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Giving Tree, a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein, has been a classic favorite for generations.Since it was first published fifty years ago, Shel Silverstein&#8217;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&#8217;s capacity to love in return.Shel Silverstein&#8217;s incomparable career as a bestselling children&#8217;s book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. 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