The kind of human interest story Bay Area folks lap up like small-batch almond milk, someone used a Sharpie to write a heartfelt poem on a recently cutdown tree near Lake Merritt. But not just any ...

The Giving Tree was published in 1964, which was right in the pocket of Dr. Spock pumping parents’ heads full of psychoanalysis on leniency and instant gratification.

You've heard of the beloved "’Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem—maybe some reinterpretations and parodies of it too. But who actually wrote it, and what inspired these iconic holiday verses?

In a healthy family, giving is not one-sided. Of course parents make many sacrifices for their children, and they should. But the boy in “The Giving Tree” is completely selfish.

Vandals in California are chopping up trees in imitation of the most-blatantly misogynistic book in all kids' lit in imitation of Shel Silverstein's classic.

The closing lines of Shel Silverstein’s bittersweet children’s classic, “The Giving Tree,” have bestowed Internet fame on a tree stump near Oakland’s Lake Merritt.

A few weeks ago, rummaging around the Strand, I came across a fiftieth-anniversary edition of Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree.” It had the fern-green cover familiar from childhood, the ...

WOOSTER, Ohio – Marcy Campbell penned her new book “The More You Give” in response to Shel Silverstein’s popular, divisive children’s book “The Giving Tree.” Published by Knopf ...

HarperCollins is releasing the book digitally Feb. 18 to mark the 50th anniversary of a particularly prolific year for Silverstein. By Shirley Halperin Issue 6 REP Deals The Giving Tree ...

Author, illustrator, and native Chicagoan Shel Silverstein honored with 'The Giving Tree' stamp. ... He also wrote several poems that appeared on the classic 1972 children's album "Free to Be… ...