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The Giving Tree Chinese Edition by Shel Silverstein.Now you can share Shel Silverstein's classic book
in Chinese with your friends and loved ones! In this
popular tale of few words and simple line drawings, a tree starts out as
a leafy playground, shade provider, and apple bearer for a rambunctious
little boy. Making the boy happy makes the tree happy, but with time it
becomes more challenging for the generous tree to meet his needs. When
he asks for money, she suggests that he sell her apples. When he asks
for a house, she offers her branches for lumber. When the boy is old and sad to play in the tree, he asks the tree for a boat. She
suggests that he cut her down to a stump so he can craft a boat out of
her trunk. He unthinkingly does it. At this point in the story, the
double-page spread shows a pathetic solitary stump, poignantly cut down
to the heart the boy once carved into the tree as a child that said
"M.E. + T." "And then the tree was happy... but not really." When
there's nothing left of her, the boy returns again as an old man,
needing a quiet place to sit and rest. The stump offers up her services,
and he sits on it. "And the tree was happy."
Hardback, Simplified Characters, 51 pages.
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