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.

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 ...

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.

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… ...

The Giving Tree, Abbott says, reflects a worldview that nature is here for the taking, and that it’s separate from humans, not deeply interconnected. “This point of view has gotten us to this ...