This book is about a boy that grows up and has a wonderful friendship with a tree. As he gets older, his relationship with the tree changes and the tree gives up everything she has to make the boy, now a man, happy.
This book is an amazing fable about love and friendship. The book is all at once sad and thoughtful. The ending is bittersweet as the process of life continues. As a writer for the New York Times states it, the "trouble with this ‘Giving Tree' of yours is that it falls between two stools; it's not a kid's book -- too sad, and it isn't for adults -- too simple." (New York Times, 1973)
This would be perfect for a story time revolving around sharing and caring for others.
Cole, W. (1973, September 9). About Alice, a rabbit, a tree... and a book about me. New York Times, pp. 394.
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