Books with author Shel: Silverstein

"Once there was a tree . . . and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk . . . and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave. This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein has created a moving parable for readers of all ages that offers an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return.

From the legendary creator of Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and The Giving Tree comes an unforgettable new character in children's literature.Runny Babbit lent to wunchAnd heard the saitress way,"We have some lovely stabbit rew—Our Special for today."Welcome to the world of Runny Babbit and his friends Toe Jurtle, Skertie Gunk, Rirty Dat, Dungry Hog, Snerry Jake, and many others who speak a topsy-turvy language all their own.So if you say, "Let's bead a rookThat's billy as can se,"You're talkin' Runny Babbit talk,Just like mim and he.Supports the Common Core State Standards

Do you want to have a new kind of pet apart from cat, dog, fish, or mouse? What about a rhinoceros? It is cute and fatty. It can do many things such as scratch an inch and swing the rope for you, read cartoons and play games with you, ask your dad for pocket money and protect you from your mothers scold. With his humor and imagination, the author depicts a very cute and funny rhinoceros. You will yearn for being that lucky boy who has such a rare pet in the world. It is not a book for children to recognize words or learn some teachings, but one that makes you laugh, happy and imagine freely.

The Giving Tree is about a tree who loves a little boy. In the beginning, the love the two share is enough to make them both happy. As the boy grows older, his needs change and the tree gives him everything in order to help him achieve happiness. When the boy is gone and the tree is left with nothing, she is happy, but not really. Eventually the boy returns and the tree has nothing left to give, but the boy has changed and no longer wants anything from the tree other than the companionship they once shared, and both are happy once again. The cost of unconditional love and letting go can be high. There is a lesson in this book and a powerful message. In the end, the love the tree had for the boy was vindicated by his return- older, wiser, and more appreciative. This is metaphor for the tree/mother or relationship and the sadness felt by the tree is the sadness every mother/relationship feels when her child/or loved one grows apart. It is every mother's/relationship's hope is that her child will return someday, wanting nothing more than to to sit together in silence and to be happy. Anyone who has ever loved someone enough to let them go will understand the painful choice highlighted in The Giving Tree.