Title: Giving Tree: Incites parents to rage after evoking tender feelings.
Review: And the irony is... are any of us sobbing as we pass through the lumber department at Lowe's?I commend Silverstein for evoking such controversial feelings in people apparently unaccustomed to this sort of emotional stirring. He did much the same for me as a young child being read to by my grandfather, and I hope he will do the same for my children.Oversimplified reviews aside, "The Giving Tree" doesn't present us with the fairy tale version of generosity we've come to expect, and thus is shocking to an adult audience. I always felt that the lesson in this book was in the great sadness you feel for the tree - a perfect symbol of what people so often abuse and take for granted. Nature gives and gives, asking nothing in return, and then it's all gone. If it saddens you, then you're inspired to give back, and not become the boy in the story.
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