Reddit reviews The Giving Tree

Trees grow from the top, not from the bottom. Source: The initials carved in The Giving Tree don't get higher up as the boy grows older.

Buying a book is not about obtaining a possession, but securing a portal.

Love it! I need this book, because I want to teach my kids about [Giving] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Giving-Tree-Shel-Silverstein/dp/0060256656/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=3OP7N8Q0ZOXDV&coliid=I1W7WYJ9PWW4LR)

I cant make it to the end of the giving tree without crying. In fact, that's how I tell where my estrogen level is, how far into that book can I get before I tear up.

If I make it to the end with a dead cold face, my estrogen is tanked.

Yeah, I second the book idea. Not totally unique but I think three to five books for kids that you loved when you were a child or that your child loves are great. That's what I always go with and that's what we used to do when I would go shopping with my mom. My faves that aren't super obvious (i.e. not "Good Night Moon") are Jamberry, Jesse Bear What Will You Wear (that's my name, so, I loved it, obviously), Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (huge hit for me and later for my sis, which would make sense if you know the plot), Snow Day, and Happy Birthday Moon.

If you want to go absolute classics, these are some of my faves: The Very Hungry Caterpillar, In the Night Kitchen, The Giving Tree, and Harold and the Purple Crayon (Probably my favorite children's book of all time).

Hope that helps!

Edit: formatting

Anything by Oliver Jeffers! He's a new author and illustrator, so I don't know him from my childhood, but I follow him because I'm interested in illustration. He's wonderful.

The Little Prince!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ronald Dahl (Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the giant Peach)


Little Critter books by Mercer Mayer (I remember this one fondly)

The Giving Tree

Goodnight Moon.


Do you have girls or boys or both? For girls I'd recommend Junie B Jones, The Little Princess, and The Secret Garden

Get those kids some books!

Reminds me of this.

>I'm typing from a tablet right now. That's a thing.

Really? How long did it take you to mold the silicon from sand? Everything you own is the result of society.

>Now you're getting somewhere. Finally.

What is somewhere? How do you know there is somewhere? Why is it finally somewhere?

>Or you could work with them, which could be far more beneficial. Also, there are more of them, so they could theoretically kill me. Is it worth the risk?

The assumption is that it is not beneficial to work with them and the power is in your hands. It's "worth the risk" to commit moral atrocities all the time. And you endorse them.

>Go back and look again. I did not.

You did.

>I never said that either. Why should I talk to you when you just make stuff up? Why don't you link me to things I ACTUALLY SAID?

Everything is written down. I suggest you take the time to sort through your own filth.

>I said that, in the end, such concepts are probably just as likely

Yeah, which is the exact same thing.

>we are barely more advanced as a species than other apes

And here we have yet another severely autistic comment to add to the list.


>Boy, you don't know jackshit about ethics

Says the living impersonation of the unibomber.

>slavery, rape, racism, homophobia, and smiting the little plebians

Except not at all.

>homophobia

Laughable to even use this word because it has the slur built into it and isn't even etymologically correct. You might as well call racism "niggerphobia."

>Go read a better book. Try "The Antichrist" by Frederick Nietzsche, or on an ancap note, "The Machinery of Freedom" by David Friedman.

You should try this book. It might help you to discard your serial-rapist tendencies and it's certainly at your reading comprehension level.

I love this contest. I absolutely love reading with my children. They are 7 and 4 and they are such little bookworms! Reading with children is one of the most important things you can do as a parent (or an educator)!

That being said, I have a ton of books I want to recommend to you. My kids favorites thus far have been:

• Anything by Shel Silverstein, particularly The Giving Tree which is an actual story, or Where The Sidewalk Ends which is a collection of child-friendly poems that are sweet, silly, funny, cute, etc.
  
  
• Anything by Mo Willems, particularly the Pigeon and Duckling series. Our favorite was The Duckling Gets A Cookie!?. It's hilarious and adorable, and very fun to read! I like to put on voices for the duckling and the pigeon. The kids get a kick out of it!
  
  
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar. This one was my daughter's favorite from the time she was 2 til she was 4! She has it memorized now.
  
  
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle (author of Hungry Caterpillar as well).
  
  
• Love You Forever is a wonderful bedtime story.
  
  
• Madeline is a classic, and for a good reason! :)
  
  I have lots more but I'd be here all day if I don't stop myself now.
  
  If I win, I would love the second book in the Amulet series for my 7 year old. She is really into graphic novels right now and I just bought her the first one the other day, and she has already finished it. She really wants the second one! :)
  
  Green eggs and ham.
  
  Edit: I'm going to stick around and get suggestions for my own kids, as well :P This is such a great contest!