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4.29 AVERAGE
4.29 AVERAGE
A dark message veiled inside the innocence of a children’s book. Silverstein eloquently tells the tale of how human greed and the constant urge to pursue the next “best thing” will slowly destroy the world around us. This is a beautiful and somber story that is necessary for all to hear.
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Just like a man to take everything and not appreciate.
One of my favorite books as a child, and now it's one of my girls' favorite books. Another story about unconditional love that never fails to make me cry.
"Love means never having to say you're sorry."
"Well that's the dumbest thing I ever heard."
I actually really love Shel Silverstein's poetry, but as hard as I try to appreciate this book, the more I think about it, the more I dislike it.
What is it teaching children, anyway? Entitlement? To be a selfish, ravenous little punk?
To be selfless? There's a difference between sacrificial love and codependence. If the tree symbolizes the boy's mother, then she enabled her child to be an ungrateful miscreant.
Parenting isn't about giving your kids anything they want; it's about giving them what they need and teaching them to appreciate others.
I'm not sure why the usually inspiring and humorous Silverstein wrote this book, a depressing look at the blight of humankind.
"Well that's the dumbest thing I ever heard."
I actually really love Shel Silverstein's poetry, but as hard as I try to appreciate this book, the more I think about it, the more I dislike it.
What is it teaching children, anyway? Entitlement? To be a selfish, ravenous little punk?
To be selfless? There's a difference between sacrificial love and codependence. If the tree symbolizes the boy's mother, then she enabled her child to be an ungrateful miscreant.
Parenting isn't about giving your kids anything they want; it's about giving them what they need and teaching them to appreciate others.
I'm not sure why the usually inspiring and humorous Silverstein wrote this book, a depressing look at the blight of humankind.
A great book to read aloud with children of any age to discuss what giving is. 'She gives most who gives with joy' (Mother Teresa) and this book explores that theme. Love it or hate it, it will stay with you.
A short and sweet read. It's a picture book meant for kids but has a lesson for all its readers irrespective of their age. It's a story about a tree and a boy. The relation they share is not really about friendship but more like a mother-son relationship. The tree loves the boy unconditionally and is happy just to see him. The tree readily sacrifices whatever little it has for the sake of the boy's happiness. But unfortunately the boy is full of himself, he doesn't care and appreciate the boundless love of the tree. The boy is caught up in his life but is never really content. The more he gets the more he wants. On the other hand the tree by giving away all that it has is happy because the boy seems to be happy. That's the power of giving, you will never be bereft of happiness. The story assumes an added emphasize in this materialistic, pleasure-driven contemporary world. If we keep on running after things we can never be happy like the boy. Life is not a race rather its a journey that becomes fulfilled and meaningful only when are co-travellers (our loved ones) are there with us.
Its a short, simple book with basic illustrations but with a priceless message that sometimes we take lifetime to understand.
My rating - 4 ⭐
Its a short, simple book with basic illustrations but with a priceless message that sometimes we take lifetime to understand.
My rating - 4 ⭐
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