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	The Giving Tree - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is a moral tale about a relationship between a young boy and a tree in the forest and how the tree helps the boy with his needs throughout his life.
		It is a story of sacrifice, as the Tree yields all of its resources (apples, wood, shade) to the boy until the Tree is merely a stump.
		While the Tree desires only the boy's company, the boy has other desires throughout his life that take him away from his childhood "friend." Ultimately, the story comes full circle as an aged boy returns requiring only a place to sit -- which the tree, now an old stump, is overjoyed to provide.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Giving_Tree (193 words)

	The Giving Tree: A Symposium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the course of lifelong giving, the tree relentlessly diminishes-from a gloriously alive, leaf-resplendent tree to a stump.
		Perhaps the tree has at least realized that this relationship is entirely one-sided, not that of a parent to a child in a realistic and decent and loving relationship, but that of a fantasized maternal figure to a narcissistic child in a relationship that is riddled with plenty of passive-aggressive nonsense.
		In an odd way, the tree is victorious-she has the boy with her and they are both wrecks but they are together-but it is a pernicious sort of victory, bought at the expense of her "treeness" and the boy's humanness.
	www.firstthings.com /ftissues/ft9501/articles/givingtree.html (8780 words)

	The Giving Tree
		However, if you are not able to check the trees under your care everyday, you need to enlist the help of your clients and teach them how to care for the trees on their property.
		On one side of the triangle is the tree and its susceptibility to a particular pathogen.
		Give them information on all aspects of tree care including pruning, leaf raking, watering, mulching, fertilizing, plant compatibility, aerating, cone removal and weed control.
	grounds-mag.com /mag/grounds_maintenance_giving_tree/index.html (1006 words)

	That Insufferable "Giving Tree" - Mises Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Each time, the tree is said to be happy to have had the opportunity to see its old friend and to give to him once again, just like old times.
		At the end of the book, the man is old, near death, decrepit, and the tree is a stump, with nothing left to give the man but a place to sit and rest.
		In fact, the tree trades with the boy at each encounter, giving pieces of itself to the boy and receiving a psychic benefit in return.
	www.mises.org /fullstory.aspx?control=1652&id=73 (1015 words)

	The Giving Tree Lesson - TeachersFirst
		We'd like to read your students' responses to the Giving Tree lesson.
		Begin the lesson by reading the story The Giving Tree to the class.
		After the discussion, explain to the students that they will be composing their own "gifts" to hang on a giving tree in the classroom.
	www.teachersfirst.com /lessons/givingtree.htm (383 words)

	The Giving Tree
		The boy would play in the tree's branches, sleep at her roots and eat of her apples.
		The tree was delighted and beckoned, "Come and play!" But the boy was no longer a boy; he was now a young man, and he was interested in making a living, but he didn't know how.
		Years passed, and the tree was lonely without the young man. One day, he returned, and the tree was delighted, but he was now interested in settling down.
	www.angelfire.com /mt/ofolives/givingtree.html (445 words)

	The Giving Tree Lessons and Activities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As the boy grew older, the tree was often left alone.
		He sat on the tree stump and the tree was happy once again.
		Explain that The Giving Tree is one tree's story about how he helped a little boy through life.
	www.jjwest.net /givingtree.html (627 words)

	Amazon.com: Arbor Alma/the Giving Tree: Books: Shel Silverstein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		An evocative parable, The Giving Tree-the story of a lifelong relationship between a boy and the tree who happily responds to the boy's every need -is retold in Latin in Arbor alma.
		The Giving Tree is Shel Silverstein's simple yet profound telling of a lifelong relationship between a boy and a nurturing tree.
		There is a tree, who loved a boy, and gave the boy whatever he needed that was within her power to give.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0865164991?v=glance (1813 words)

	Stanford Giving Tree
		The Stanford Giving Tree is a health care volunteer organization at Stanford University.
		Working in conjunction with the UCSF ALS Center, The Stanford Giving Tree offers health care assistance for patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a neurological disorder also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
		Under the tenet of a "Friendly Visitor Program", the Stanford Giving Tree is designed to provide ALS patients with caring one-on-one support from motivated Stanford students.
	www.stanford.edu /group/givingtree (153 words)

	Welcome to The Family Giving Tree!
		The Family Giving Tree is a nonprofit organization, based in California's San Francisco Bay Area, dedicated to fulfilling the Holiday wishes of children who would otherwise go without gifts.
		The Giving Tree Holiday Program works with more than 200 Bay Area social service agencies.
		Each December 100,000 square feet of space is donated to The Family Giving Tree to process the children's gifts.
	www.familygivingtree.org (246 words)

	kingcountyjournal.com - Bellevue couple protests Christmas tree in City Hall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The tree is a symbol of Christianity, Stock and his wife, Jennifer, told City Council members this week.
		No matter if it's called a giving tree or anything else, it is associated with a Christian holiday,'' said Stock, who describes himself as both an atheist and a committed Jew.
		They object to the tree, saying it is inappropriate to have a Christian religious symbol in a public building.
	www.kingcountyjournal.com /sited/story/html/180888 (586 words)

	Shel Silverstein (Collected information by Sely Friday)
		As a man he takes and uses the tree's freely given wood to build a house, later chopping down the tree to build a boat.
		When the man is old all the tree can give is a stump for the old man to rest upon.
		The Giving Tree is a difficult book to categorise, it equally appeals to the sophisticated and the simple, the reverent and the irreverent.
	www.nassio.com /silverstein/bookgiv.html (384 words)

	State Hornet Online - Giving Tree branches out for support (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It dangled in a sea of 400 ornaments on the newly erected Christmas tree twinkling in the center of the University Union.
		The Christmas tree, also known as the Giving Tree, was set up in the Union today by three members of the five-member Giving Tree Committee – overseen by the Union – to commence the beginning of the giving season.
		Hatler said this year she is more involved in the Giving Tree project and is trying to get her sorority sisters at Phi Sigma Sigma to help do the gift-wrapping.
	www.statehornet.com /vnews/display.v/ART/2005/11/11/43753b060c251 (454 words)

	The Giving Tree
		He wrote the story "The Giving Tree" in 1964 and in 1974 "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and "The Missing Piece" in 1976.
		Have students describe a relationship that they have had with someone who is like the tree (mom, grandma, friend) also have them describe if they have been the tree for someone else.
		Visit a local nursing home and have students read their favorite book to the elders, explain to the students that they are giving their time and attention which is a great way to show they care.
	www.k-state.edu /ksureads/teachers/bookbags/givingtree.htm (627 words)

	The Giving Tree
		The Giving Tree starts at 300 leaves can can grow to 750 leaves.
		The 300 leaf tree has 10 cast bronze branches.
		The 400 leaf tree has 14 cast bronze branches.
	www.angelusshop.net /mg_the_giving_tree.html (62 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Giving Tree: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This story of a boy who grows to manhood and of a tree that gives him her bounty through the years, is a moving parable about the gift of giving and capacity to love.
		The Giving Tree is my all time favorite book since I was nine years old.
		I had read and treasured The Giving Tree as a child, but I had largely forgotten it when I discovered a copy in a children's book store last year.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0060256656 (750 words)

	THE GIVING TREE
		And then one day the boy came back and the tree shook with joy and she said, "Come, Boy, climb up my trunk and swing from my branches and be happy." "I am too busy to climb trees," said the boy.
		And when he came back, the tree was so happy she could hardly speak.
		I am very tired." "Well," said the tree, straightening herself up as much as she could, "well, an old stump is good for sitting and resting.
	members.tripod.com /KINGSCOVE/THE-GIVING-TREE (532 words)

	Uses of Trees Lesson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Students will be instructed to note how the tree was used in the story.
		Procedure: When the story is finished, the students will be asked how the tree in the story was used.
		The uses of each tree will be described, using Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast as the source.
	www.halcyon.com /marcs/trees.html (379 words)

	Landscaping - The Giving Tree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		With The Giving Tree, in his inimitable style, Shel Silverstein again tacitly imparts a lesson to readers of all ages. The story teaches about love, giving and, with some degree of sadness, selfishness. This invaluable story will grow with your child as its meaning and importance only become more appreciable with time.
		As leading companion care providers and members of the Seniors Choice network, The Cypress Giving Tree strives to ensure a better quality of life for clients and their families by providing dependable and affordable care.
		The Giving Tree - This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel Silvestein has created a moving parable for readers of all ages that offers an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return.
	www.grlandscaping.com /thegivingtree (2217 words)

	The Giving Tree
		The discoveries are far from over for the popular tree of poetry, often immortalized in story and song.
		Tobacco must be given to the tree before it’s cut down or its bark taken for the many, many uses found by the Anishinabeg.
		Birch was among the three trees claimed in perpetuity by the Anishinabeg people from Lake Superior when they signed treaties ceding certain lands to the government of the United States.
	www.lakesuperior.com /online/212/212birch.html (2466 words)

	The Giving Tree Lesson Plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Then ask the students, “What can trees give to humans?” As each students gives a response, repeat their response and have them write it at the top of the paper.
		Read the book, The Giving Tree, to the students, pointing out what the tree gives to the boy each time he returns.
		The first drawing is of the giving tree with a bird coming to visit it.
	www.valdosta.edu /~hmburns/paintlesson.html (1015 words)

	The Giving Tree
		You will research on the web to find products that are made from trees to find a solution for the small tree.Label the parts of a tree and create/design a page for a class book titled _The Giving Book_.
		You will define giving and give examples of times you give gifts and the reason behind giving.
		You will create a gift to give to your partner after the book The Giving Tree has been shared with the Kindergarten class.
	teacherexchange.mde.k12.ms.us /teachnett/sanford.htm (373 words)

	EasyFunSchool - The Giving Tree - Article Archives - free unit studies recipes crafts home school education homeschool ...
		The following article contains activities which may be used with The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein.
		An apple tree is very happy when a boy eats its apples, swings on its branches, and climbs its trunk.
		On the branches of the other tree, write down all the things that others can do for the tree.
	www.easyfunschool.com /article1787.html (322 words)

	Amazon.com: The Giving Tree: Books: Shel Silverstein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		To say that this particular apple tree is a "giving tree" is an understatement.
		The obvious metaphor, that of the tree being a mother whose son is destined to leave her someday, struck me right off.
		It's not the tree, either - if she had really loved the kid, she wouldn't have let him mooch off of her and would instead helped him to build his character.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060256656?v=glance (2148 words)

	Powell's Books - The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
		Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy.
		But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave.
		The first, The Giving Tree, is a moving story about the love of a tree for a boy.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=17-0060256656-3 (986 words)

	Project Giving Tree
		To encourage believers to share the good news of the gospel with friends, loved ones and families in need, along with the gift of a fresh Tree.
		Many believers are looking for ways to share thier faith at Christmas yet they become distracted by the hectic pace.
		Project Giving Tree allows believers to show thier love of Christ by giving a fragrant Christmas Tree.
	www.projectgivingtree.com (179 words)

	Shel Silverstein Obituaries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But widespread fame came the next year when Silverstein published his classic "The Giving Tree." The story of an altruistic tree that sacrificed its shade, fruit, branches and ultimately its trunk to make a little boy happy was seen by many as a religious symbol of selflessness.
		The Giving Tree (1964), an allegory of sacrifice in which a tree happily gives up its fruit, its branches, and its trunk - the very center of its being - for a selfish boy, is commonly read as a sentimental and bittersweet tribute to maternal love.
		"The Giving Tree," a classic still flourishing in print, is the story of an altruistic apple tree that offered its leaves and branches and finally, trunk, to a boy "she" loved.
	www.banned-width.com /shel/misc/obits.html (12250 words)

	Teachers.Net Lesson Exchange: "The Giving Tree" (Pre-School, Literature
		UNCG Ed student/Summer Camp Director, Archdale, NC Materials Required: "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein, apples, washable paint, construction paper, a good attitude!
		Read "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein to your students.
		Let children invent recipes involving apples and then give the kids and opportunity to draw pictures of their recipies.
	www.teachers.net /lessons/posts/147.html (139 words)

	Shel Sillverstein
		But it was his second book that catapulted him into the spotlight as a bestselling author/illustrator.
		Published in 1964, The Giving Tree, was hailed all over the country as an inspirational parable.
		With over five million books sold, The Giving Tree is a childhood classic, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this fall.
	www.harperchildrens.com /hch/author/features/silverstein.asp (260 words)

	FrontPage magazine.com :: Happy "Giving Tree Festival" to All, and to All a Good Night! by Ann Coulter
		Since the attack of 9/11, we've won two wars, liberated millions of people from monstrous regimes, presided over one election in Afghanistan, and are about to see elections in Iraq and among the Palestinian people.
		I've been so damn upset that Rumsfeld uses an autopen that I've barely had time to enjoy the "Giving Tree" season.
		The rabid savages who are fighting American troops should give up immediately.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=16418 (876 words)

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