The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein
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“@MathDocMom @sweatystartup Incredible book | @albertwenger The Giving Tree | I got to spend lunch with this wonderful group of 5 yr olds reading The Giving Tree by Shell Silverstein. Great book and good lesson about the value of friendship! (note, I have permission to post this). | Just read The Giving Tree to my 2 month old daughter and that 20 page children's book shook me harder than any book I've ever read. | Not that u asked but these r probably the 3 books that shaped me the most (plus The Giving Tree) | Read The Giving Tree to @OlympiaOhanian the other night for bedtime. I love how contentious the book is... who thinks the tree is too selfless/selfdestructive Nevertheless, definitely choked up by the end of it... WHY”
Source →“@MathDocMom @sweatystartup Incredible book | @albertwenger The Giving Tree | I got to spend lunch with this wonderful group of 5 yr olds reading The Giving Tree by Shell Silverstein. Great book and good lesson about the value of friendship! (note, I have permission to post this). | Just read The Giving Tree to my 2 month old daughter and that 20 page children's book shook me harder than any book I've ever read. | Not that u asked but these r probably the 3 books that shaped me the most (plus The Giving Tree) | Read The Giving Tree to @OlympiaOhanian the other night for bedtime. I love how contentious the book is... who thinks the tree is too selfless/selfdestructive Nevertheless, definitely choked up by the end of it... WHY”
Source →“@MathDocMom @sweatystartup Incredible book | @albertwenger The Giving Tree | I got to spend lunch with this wonderful group of 5 yr olds reading The Giving Tree by Shell Silverstein. Great book and good lesson about the value of friendship! (note, I have permission to post this). | Just read The Giving Tree to my 2 month old daughter and that 20 page children's book shook me harder than any book I've ever read. | Not that u asked but these r probably the 3 books that shaped me the most (plus The Giving Tree) | Read The Giving Tree to @OlympiaOhanian the other night for bedtime. I love how contentious the book is... who thinks the tree is too selfless/selfdestructive Nevertheless, definitely choked up by the end of it... WHY”
Source →“@MathDocMom @sweatystartup Incredible book | @albertwenger The Giving Tree | I got to spend lunch with this wonderful group of 5 yr olds reading The Giving Tree by Shell Silverstein. Great book and good lesson about the value of friendship! (note, I have permission to post this). | Just read The Giving Tree to my 2 month old daughter and that 20 page children's book shook me harder than any book I've ever read. | Not that u asked but these r probably the 3 books that shaped me the most (plus The Giving Tree) | Read The Giving Tree to @OlympiaOhanian the other night for bedtime. I love how contentious the book is... who thinks the tree is too selfless/selfdestructive Nevertheless, definitely choked up by the end of it... WHY”
Source →“@MathDocMom @sweatystartup Incredible book | @albertwenger The Giving Tree | I got to spend lunch with this wonderful group of 5 yr olds reading The Giving Tree by Shell Silverstein. Great book and good lesson about the value of friendship! (note, I have permission to post this). | Just read The Giving Tree to my 2 month old daughter and that 20 page children's book shook me harder than any book I've ever read. | Not that u asked but these r probably the 3 books that shaped me the most (plus The Giving Tree) | Read The Giving Tree to @OlympiaOhanian the other night for bedtime. I love how contentious the book is... who thinks the tree is too selfless/selfdestructive Nevertheless, definitely choked up by the end of it... WHY”
Source →“@MathDocMom @sweatystartup Incredible book | @albertwenger The Giving Tree | I got to spend lunch with this wonderful group of 5 yr olds reading The Giving Tree by Shell Silverstein. Great book and good lesson about the value of friendship! (note, I have permission to post this). | Just read The Giving Tree to my 2 month old daughter and that 20 page children's book shook me harder than any book I've ever read. | Not that u asked but these r probably the 3 books that shaped me the most (plus The Giving Tree) | Read The Giving Tree to @OlympiaOhanian the other night for bedtime. I love how contentious the book is... who thinks the tree is too selfless/selfdestructive Nevertheless, definitely choked up by the end of it... WHY”
Source →Recommended by 8 notable people, including Meghan Markle and Ankur Warikoo
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Recommended by 12 sources and appears in For 7 Year Olds, For 3 Year Olds, and Childrens.
"Once there was a tree . . . and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk . . . and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew olde...
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Recommended by 12 sources and appears in For 7 Year Olds, For 3 Year Olds, and Childrens.
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“@MathDocMom @sweatystartup Incredible book | @albertwenger The Giving Tree | I got to spend lunch with this wonderful group of 5 yr olds reading The Giving Tree by Shell Silverstein. Great book and good lesson about the value of friendship! (note, I have permission to post this). | Just read The Giving Tree to my 2 month old daughter and that 20 page children's book shook me harder than any book I've ever read. | Not that u asked but these r probably the 3 books that shaped me the most (plus The Giving Tree) | Read The Giving Tree to @OlympiaOhanian the other night for bedtime. I love how contentious the book is... who thinks the tree is too selfless/selfdestructive Nevertheless, definitely choked up by the end of it... WHY”
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