The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein, Kjell Hill Silverstein · first published 1963
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From Shel Silverstein, New York Times bestselling author of Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic, comes a poignant picture book about love and acceptance, cherished for over fifty years. This classic is perfect for both young readers and lifelong fans. "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. This moving parable for all ages offers a touching interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in r
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The Giving Tree
on “What's your favorite children's book?” ↗The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein.
on “Ask HN: What are some good inspirational and uplifting books?” ↗My personal favorites are Where the Wild Things Are and The Giving Tree. Both stories are very simple, but they flow well and IMHO really grow when read aloud.
on “The Lost Pleasure of Reading Aloud” ↗Books that had a big impact on me as a young kid were 'The Giving Tree', 'The Lorax', and 'The Velveteen Rabbit'. They were hard lessons. None of them taught a just world. I think those books left such an impression on me because they were tragic and unresolved. There were…
on “Children's books with humans have greater moral impact than animals, study finds” ↗…phase changes at a company. This happens at every company that creates immense value, eventually the research and development is hard to quantify the value so they cut and cut like Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree, eventually it is just a stump and all the grace and built up value is tapped. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb5oIIPO62g
on “Google management shuffle points to retreat from Alphabet experiment” ↗Just like The Giving Tree from Shel Silverstein realized. Sometimes we take things too far.
on “RIP the Broccoli Tree” ↗The Giving Tree (by Shel Silverstein) came out in the same year my dad was born. But my parents still read it to me. I still don't understand why I have such a strong reaction to the book. It feels like the message…
on “You Can Be a Great Designer and Be Completely Unknown” ↗…it was about over consumption of resources and a little later on (ages 8 or 9) felt a strong environmental pull during the whole movie. Even the Sliverstein books made me sad. Take for instance, the Giving Tree. People to this day talk about what the meaning really is: https://www.mtholyoke.edu/omc/kidsphil/questions/Givingtree/... When my parents read it to me, I was saddened by the fact the tree gave everything…
on “The hidden messages in children’s books” ↗I did something like this before my grandmother passed. She was a teacher and loved reading books to kids. I recorded her reading Dr Seuss and the Giving Tree to my cousins so I could give my future children a glimpse of that wonderful woman. It seems that we aren’t far from being able to take those recordings and spin it into a reading of anything. Fascinating.…
on “AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds (2018)” ↗(USA here) My mother always would tell us kids to put her in a retirement home as soon as she became a burden to the family. Her favorite children's book was also The Giving Tree so there’s that.
on “The quiet cost of family caregiving” ↗…in the Hat, The Lorax, Grinch, Oh, the Places You'll Go! Engelbreit's Mother Goose, Nursery Rhymes set. Loved The Police Cloud by Chris Neimann, and Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton. We liked The Giving Tree, but be prepared as it shows a dysfunctional relationship. Agree with those who say to go to the library for variety.
on “Ask HN: Books your kids like most” ↗Yeah love it but super torn on the Giving Tree. I'll ad 'The Little Prince' as one my kids liked. But separate from reading books spend time telling stories about a character you make up with your child. Get them to love story telling and being…
on “Ask HN: Books your kids like most” ↗…(including ironically Germany). Had they just done so, they wouldn't have had any of the problems they had last year. France treated its amazing nuclear capacity from the 70/80s like the tree in 'The Giving Tree'. The reality of course is France saved incredibly amounts of money in their health care system because they had 50 years of nuclear rather then 50 years of coal. Nuclear in France was one of the best…
on “The four-horse race to decarbonise steel” ↗