The Giving Tree
Are you a tree hugger? If you love trees, then you will love The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. It is definitely one of the most touching books about a tree ever written. It tells a story of a very kind tree who loves a boy very much. As the boy grows, he asks the tree for various favors — a limb to swing on, a shady place to sit under, even a place to carve his girlfriend’s initials into.
But as he gets older, the boy needs more from the tree. He wants transportation, he needs to build a home. His favorite tree is willing to give and give until she has nothing left but a trunk to sit on. And even though this is all she has to give the boy, who is in the end an old man, she can provide him with a place to rest. Read this wonderful story to discover how the boy grows, and how his Giving Tree gives him all that he could ever want — love.
