Title: Wonderful lesson about giving and taking.
Review: This is one of my favorite children's books to read aloud to the preschool lab at My High School. The children love it so much and have begged me to read it again and again. There are other great Silverstein Books, but this is certainly one of the best. My friend Miss Elliott, hates this book because she feels that the boy took everything from the tree to be selfish. She has dubbed it "The Taking Boy." I totally disagree with her because the tree was happy to give. When the boy wants money, the tree gave him her apples to sell in the city for a living. When the boy needs a house, the tree gave him her branches to build one with. Although a tree can't live without her branches, a person can't live very easily without a house. Even after the tree is nothing but a dead stump, she tells the boy to sit on her when he is tired. I am writing this review in memory of Shel Silverstein, who was just as generous as the tree itself.
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