The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Giving Tree
Book Review: A Must Have!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Giving Tree is a wonderful book--for all ages. It illustrates beautifully the way in which people don't realize how many "gifts" they really have. Everyone should have a copy of this book!Book Review: A Parallel to Faith
Summary: 5 Stars
Upon first reading this book to my children in the early 80's, I was struck by the parallel to God , Christ and Christ's sacrifice for us. No matter how much we stray and neglect our faith, God is there when we return and always willing to give. We, God's people, are not unlike that boy. We take and drift away, return when we need comfort and guidance, then leave once we have it. Many return to God for good in the Winter of our lives when OUR need is greatest and the end to life is imminent.Our Lord is always there to support and to LOVE for, in fact, God IS Love.
Book Review: A Piscesan Look at Life
Summary: 5 Stars
As a Pisces, giving is a part of your personna. You give to all around you and expect the least in return. You want only to have their self in return. This book, written when I was very young, reminds me that having faith in the one's you love is more important than what they give to you in return. You give, not out of self-loathing or self-depreceation, you give out of the wholeness it gives to you in return. When I recieved this book, many, many years ago, my best friend, Tom, knew exactly the kind of person that I was and always will be. I am a giver. I will give in every sense of the word. I give because it makes me happy. I give because it makes me whole. I give because it makes me believe in love.Book Review: A Profound Parable of Grace
Summary: 5 Stars
Two boys, Brennan and Saul, were childhood friends in Brooklyn, New York. As they grew up and took separate paths, Brennan became a Christian speaker and preacher, and Saul, a Jew, converted to Christianity as well. Years later upon meeting on the streets of New York, each man discovered that the other had also found Christ. In the course of the conversation Brennan asked Saul what he, as a Jew, thought about the person of Jesus. Saul told Brennan that he would think about it and get back to him the next day. When they met the next day, Saul, pen-named Shel (Silverstein), told the parable of the Giving Tree to Brennan as the answer to the question of what Jesus meant to him. Brennan urged Shel to have it published, and it has since become one of the best-selling children's books ever.This is a parable about the boundless nature of the Grace of God. Significantly Shel chose to write about a "Giving Tree", while God also chose the Giving Tree of the cross to demonstrate His love for us. We often come to God with petty request after petty request, sometimes ignoring the tremendous sacrifice that God has made which enables us to ask for anything at all.
There is much symbolism in the book and certainly it has other applications for a broad audience, as parables often do. This is a life-changing story. One which should be read to children by adults and to adults by children. In fact the essence of this story has been told to us by our Heavenly Father for centuries.
Buy this book. In fact buy several copies and give them away.
Book Review: A Test
Summary: 5 Stars
A tree is an age-old symbol of unconditional giving. It shades, feeds, endures... Love endures all things. I really pity the folks who fail to see the goodness of this book.