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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2015 | The Book Review
K Up—Several classic tales from Silverstein are celebrating anniversaries, most notably The Giving Tree, still popular at 50. Though this spare but tender allegory for the parent/child relationship still occupies a celebrated place on bookshelves, it's a divisive title, with some critics finding the boy selfish and narcissistic and others even positing that the work represents our destructive relationship ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
Reissue, 1964. Silverstein's first volume of poetry (the only one he illustrated in color) is characterized by the same absurd ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More