Author: Shel Silverstein
Title: The Giving Tree
Illustrator: Shel Silverstein
Genre: Picture book
Subgenre: poetry
Theme: selflessless
Primary Characters: The tree
Secondary characters: The boy
Awards: none
Date of publication: 1986
Publishing company: HarperCollins
Summary: The tree gives the boy branches to swing on and apples to eat, until the boy gets older he wants more and more. The tree continues to give and give and finally the tree allows the boy to cut it down to make a boat. The tree becomes sad that to boy is gone, but soon the boy comes back to use the stump.
Use with Students: I would use this book in order to teach selfishness/selflessness. I think this book does a great job in teaching to be kind to nature as well.
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