Title: There is such a thing as too much giving.
Review: This book upset me as a kid and it upsets me as an adult. When I was little, I remember crying for the poor, lonely, broken tree and her love for the callous boy. OF COURSE we should teach our children about the power of unconditional love. But I do not want to teach our children that love is giving and giving and giving until you are nothing but a cold, dead stump. I'm a big fan of most of Silverstein's other work, and I think his heart was probably in the right place with The Giving Tree, but when I have kids, I do not think that this book will be part of their collection. Where The Wild Things Are, now there's a children's classic about unconditional love.
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