Once there was a little tree ... and she loved a littleboy.

So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully writtenand illustrated by the gifted and versatile ShelSilverstein.

Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swingfrom her branches, or slide down her trunk ... and the tree washappy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from thetree, and the tree gave and gave and gave.

This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow withconsolation. Shel Silverstein has created a moving parable forreaders of all ages that offers an affecting interpretation of thegift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity tolove in return.
作者简介
Shel Silverstein's very first children's book Lafcadio, theLion Who Shot Back was published in 1963, and followed thenext year by two other books. The first of those, TheGiving Tree, is a moving story about the love of a treefor a boy; it took four years before Harper Children's booksdecided to publish it. Shel returned to humour that same yearwith A Giraffe and a Half. His first collection ofpoems and drawings, Where the SidewalkEnds, appeared in 1974, and his second, A Light inthe Attic, in 1981. When he was a G.I. inJapan and Korea in the 1950, he learned to play the guitar and towrite songs, including 'A Boy Named Sue' for Johnny Cash. In 1984,Silverstein won a Grammy Award for Best Children's Albumfor Where the Sidewalk Ends - 'recited, sung andshouted' by the author. He was also an accomplished playwright,including the 1981 hit, 'The Lady or the Tiger Show.' The last bookto be published before he died in 1999, was FallingUp (1996).