The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Giving Tree
Book Review: "Classic"
Summary: 5 Stars
Shel Silverstein's art is often in his simplicity. A lengthy review would never do this book justice. Instead, I offer a single phrase..."It's a true classic".Book Review: "Teach a Child to Take"
Summary: 1 Stars
After reading this book and reading a few reviews from customers, I had to respond. This book is not one I would give any child. This is unconditional love? Love without conditions? Giving children permission and approval to take regardless of the outcome of others just to satisfy their own wants and needs is a life we want our children to live? The message is quite clear.."you are entitled to whatever you want whenever you want, at any cost to anyone else. Just be happy and take, and make certain there is nothing left of the person giving"Book Review: 1 star or 5 there is no middle ground
Summary: 1 Stars
You pick up the Giving Tree. You read it. You are touched. You think to yourself, this is a wonderful book! However, as you are finishing the last sentence, something starts to bother you. What was the moral of the story? What was it? you think to yourself. Is it, that you must give your all to the person you love? Is it that you should sacrifice everything you have to them? This train of thought becomes troublesome, and one of two things happen: 1) You realize that the book teaches a horrible lesson(or leads the reader to it unintentionally) or 2) You squash the bad thoughts and tell yourself that moral doesn't matter, and the story is about love, and don't think about it any more. Then you get on Amazon and write a 5 star review.Book Review: 10 Stars! Silverstein is just as great as Dr. Seuss!
Summary: 5 Stars
What a wonderful book for 5- and 6-year-olds! A must have, this is one of the few books that you should be ashamed not to have read to your children. A great message wrapped up in a simple story complete with emotionally satisfying drawings. Whether you're Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Wiccan, Buddhist, whatever -- you can't go wrong with this universal and heartwarming tale of the man who never appreciated what he had right in front of him all the time: nature. Truly a children's classic that will be read 200 years from now. One of the top books of children's literature in history, it belongs on the shelf with "Green Eggs and Ham," "The Cat and the Hat," the "Little House" books, "Tom Sawyer," "Huck Finn," and "Alice in Wonderland." If you've never read it, go check it out of the library and spend 15 minutes reading it. Once you've done it, you'll want to own it and read it to your pre-schooler again and again until they stop asking you to.Book Review: 2 thumbs up and 2 toes up too!
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this book for my 8th birthday from my Aunt. I can't tell you how much I have enjoyed "The Giving Tree" over these years - I am 13 to come and I still love to read "my" book. GREAT JOB FOR WRITING A WONDERFUL BOOK! This book always makes tears come to my eyes in the middle and end of the book. It's the best book, yet!