{"product_id":"giving-tree","title":"Giving Tree","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs recommended by Meghan Markle as the one book she can't\nwait to share with her child - the timeless fable about the gift of love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nOnce there was a little tree ... and she loved a little boy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSo begins the classic bestseller, beautifully written and illustrated by the\ngifted and versatile Shel Silverstein.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nEvery day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her\nbranches, or slide down her trunk ... and the tree was happy. But as the boy\ngrew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and\ngave.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel\nSilverstein has created a moving parable for readers of all ages that offers an\naffecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of\nanother's capacity to love in return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eShel Silverstein's very first children's book \u003ci\u003eLafcadio,\nthe Lion Who Shot Back \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 1963, and followed the next\nyear by two other books. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe first of those, \u003ci\u003eThe Giving Tree,\u003c\/i\u003e is a\nmoving story about the love of a tree for a boy; it took four years before\nHarper Children's books decided to publish it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eShel returned to humour that same year with \u003ci\u003eA\nGiraffe and a Half.\u003c\/i\u003e His first collection of poems and drawings, \u003ci\u003eWhere\nthe Sidewalk Ends,\u003c\/i\u003e appeared in 1974, and his second, \u003ci\u003eA Light\nin the Attic,\u003c\/i\u003e in 1981\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhen he was a G.I. in Japan and Korea in the 1950, he\nlearned to play the guitar and to write songs, including 'A Boy Named Sue' for\nJohnny Cash. In 1984, Silverstein won a Grammy Award for Best Children's Album\nfor \u003ci\u003eWhere the Sidewalk Ends\u003c\/i\u003e - 'recited, sung and shouted' by\nthe author. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe was also an accomplished playwright, including the 1981\nhit, 'The Lady or the Tiger Show.' The last book to be published before he died\nin 1999, was \u003ci\u003eFalling Up\u003c\/i\u003e (1996).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44653651853519,"sku":"9781846143830","price":28.34,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_829091cf-8aee-4d59-8ea3-a8b060e1f888.jpg?v=1772784141","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/giving-tree","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}