The Giving Tree Quotes

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"Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy." That is the first Line in the award winning children's book "The Giving Tree." The giving tree has many themes in it to show your children about Generosity, Friendship, Love, Sacrifice, and greed. It is a great Book to show your kids many amazing things. The giving tree is one of the best children's book out there and shows many different themes.
The giving tree is one of the best children's books Because it shows your child real life scenarios using personification. One of the themes is greed, the little boy represented greed.
The tree gave all that she could until the boy was happy, even though all she was, was an old stump. The boy was very greedy towards her, taking all that she had. "I wish …show more content…

but I have nothing left. I am just an old stump. I am sorry...." ( Page 5. ) The quote is the tree saying she is sorry because she gave all that she could, because the little boy was greedy and took all that she had. She was apologizing for what he should have been apologizing for. That shows how generous the tree is and how greedy the boy is. The Giving
Tree shows that if you aren't happy with what you have and only focus on what you don’t have, eventually what you have will fade away.
While the giving tree is showing your kids things they need to know for life, it is as well a very fun book for them to read. It allows them to burst into their imagination. The Giving Tree can be a fun book for kids to read because it shows things that they like to do also. Like eat the apples or swing on the branches. "He would climb up her trunk and swing from her branches and eat apples." ( Page 1 ).It is one of the best children's books out there and one of the reasons for that is because it is fun for children to read. The giving tree is good to entertain kids or to read to them at night before they go to sleep or any other time.

Last but not least, The Giving Tree has many valuable themes in it. When your child

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