The Giving Tree
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The Giving Tree is an American children's picture book written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein. First published in 1964 by Harper & Row, it has become one of Silverstein's best-known titles, and h
The cover, depicting The Giving Tree offering an apple to the Boy
The Giving Tree Garden, Holon, Israel
Photograph of Silverstein that is used on the back cover of the book
A Modest Proposal
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A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to simply as A Modest Pr
The Giving Tree
…Some authors believe that the book is not actually intended for children, but instead should be treated as a satire aimed at adults, along the lines of A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift. One writer believes that the relationship between the boy and the tree is one of friendship. As such, the book teaches children "as…
1729 London reprinting of A Modest Proposal
A painting of Jonathan Swift
Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst