<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book id="838073">
  <title><![CDATA[The Giving Tree]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[006028451X]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780060284510]]></isbn13>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178800568m/838073.jpg</image_url>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
    <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">370493</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">35</books_count>
  <id type="integer">30530</id>
  <media_type nil="true"></media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer">7</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">10</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1964</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Giving Tree</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:96368|5:57238|4:24348|3:10833|2:2333|1:1615|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">96368</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">422363</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">108322</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4768</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[4.38]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[265]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[24]]></text_reviews_count>
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/838073.The_Giving_Tree]]></url>
  <authors>
        <author id="435477">
      <name><![CDATA[Shel Silverstein]]></name>
      <role><![CDATA[]]></role>
      <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/435477.Shel_Silverstein]]></url>
      <average_rating><![CDATA[4.28]]></average_rating>
      <ratings_count><![CDATA[333029]]></ratings_count>
      <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[10604]]></text_reviews_count>
    </author>
      </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="108319">
    <review id="34521837">
    <user id="1581119">
    <name><![CDATA[David]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1581119-david]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1260055197p3/1581119.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">370493</id>
  <isbn>0060256656</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780060256654</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">93471</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4608</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Giving Tree</title>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942m/370493.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>79</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>true</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Oct 04 13:33:43 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Oct 04 13:53:07 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Okay, this some motherfuckin' fucked-up shit right here. <em>The Giving Tree</em> is the straight-up wack story of how this selfish little ass-faced prick kicks it with this full-on saintly tree. Everythin' fine for a while, y'all, with the lil' prick all gettin' up in there and sayin' to the tree, &quot;Yea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34521837">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34521837]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="812382">
    <user id="52663">
    <name><![CDATA[Mer]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Oakland, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/52663-mer]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1190790753p3/52663.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">370493</id>
  <isbn>0060256656</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780060256654</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">93471</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4608</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Giving Tree</title>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942m/370493.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>35</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="alltimefavorites" />
        <shelf name="childhood" />
        <shelf name="nostalgia" />
        <shelf name="seminal" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[enviornmentalists, nurturers, parents and children who want to discuss empathy and reciprocity]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Apr 20 12:47:04 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 16 18:15:13 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Scrolling down, it seems several reviewers resent this book's apparently heavy-handed message about selfishness/selflessness. I can totally understand why they find it upsetting or sappy. Overbearing, even. But I don't agree.<br/><br/>Some fascinating theories have been put forth about <em>The Giving ...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/812382">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/812382]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="12035081">
    <user id="744042">
    <name><![CDATA[Nathan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Colorado Springs, CO]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/744042-nathan]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1199587454p3/744042.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">370493</id>
  <isbn>0060256656</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780060256654</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">93471</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4608</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Giving Tree</title>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942m/370493.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree</link>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>32</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="young-folks" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Psychologists?]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jan 08 21:33:26 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 08 21:33:26 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I know that many people have a sentimental love for this book, and I respect that -- you can't rationalize emotional connection.  And generally, I like this author.  But with this book, since it inspired no real emotional response in me, I am left with only the rational perspective, which in me was ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12035081">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12035081]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="1748514">
    <user id="106700">
    <name><![CDATA[Jeremy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Old Town, ME]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/106700-jeremy]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1229296216p3/106700.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">370493</id>
  <isbn>0060256656</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780060256654</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">93471</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4608</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Giving Tree</title>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942m/370493.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree</link>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>11</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="children" />
        <shelf name="gift" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jun 07 09:27:32 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 16 20:57:29 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The book is impossible to wrap my mind around.  Part of me wishes it ended thusly: the tree suggests the boy chop her down to make a boat, he takes her advice, and the tree falls on him, killing them both.  The moral being a quote I've heard attributed to Bill Cosby: If you spend your whole life try...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1748514">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1748514]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="10917557">
    <user id="710201">
    <name><![CDATA[Skylar]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/710201-skylar-burris]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1222201795p3/710201.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">370493</id>
  <isbn>0060256656</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780060256654</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">93471</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4608</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Giving Tree</title>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942m/370493.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>13</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="childrens" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Dec 23 10:49:21 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 30 07:45:16 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I was drawn to this book again and again as a child, and I discovered that my three-year-old daughter also wanted me to read it to her repeatedly. The book has given rise to numerous interpretations, and I myself have viewed it differently over time. Some people have a negative, visceral reaction to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10917557">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10917557]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="3028256">
    <user id="187043">
    <name><![CDATA[Laura]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Sunnyside, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/187043-laura]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1184255514p3/187043.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">370493</id>
  <isbn>0060256656</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780060256654</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">93471</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4608</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Giving Tree</title>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942m/370493.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree</link>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>8</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="children" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[not terribly bright hippies]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 13 09:16:10 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 17 00:30:12 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Easily the most vile children's book ever written, for reasons eloquently stated by about a zillion other posters here. I remember my grandmother, whom I disliked (yeah, some kids don't like their grandparents, it's true) used to push this book on me as terribly DEEP and BEAUTIFUL and something I sh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3028256">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3028256]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="49279740">
    <user id="166376">
    <name><![CDATA[David]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/166376-david]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1259272110p3/166376.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">370493</id>
  <isbn>0060256656</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780060256654</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">93471</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4608</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Giving Tree</title>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942m/370493.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree</link>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>9</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 14 16:40:37 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 14 16:58:10 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Sorry, Mr Silverstein. This kind of tripe is inexcusable. And exposing children to it? I'm no child psychologist, but what would be the point? I'd hazard a guess that Bernie Madoff read this book, and look how he turned out. In fact there's a whole generation of bwankers who took it as their bible. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49279740">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49279740]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="9657794">
    <user id="589220">
    <name><![CDATA[Sava]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/589220-sava]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233800120p3/589220.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">370493</id>
  <isbn>0060256656</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780060256654</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">93471</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4608</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Giving Tree</title>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942m/370493.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree</link>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>16</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 28 10:15:54 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 28 10:18:05 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Co-dependent tree needs to set some fucking boundaries.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9657794]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="5305760">
    <user id="281499">
    <name><![CDATA[Merrin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Oklahoma City, OK]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/281499-merrin]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241492111p3/281499.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">370493</id>
  <isbn>0060256656</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780060256654</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">93471</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4608</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Giving Tree</title>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942m/370493.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>7</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="childrens-books" />
        <shelf name="favorites" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 29 13:26:47 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 17 07:41:40 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Reading the other reviews on this book, I'm really surprised that there's such a level of hatred for this book. But then I thought everyone else in the world loved my fourth grade teacher too. We have to grow up sometime. <br/><br/>I can't imagine not loving this book. I can imagine berating the a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5305760">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5305760]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="51703393">
    <user id="1656680">
    <name><![CDATA[Morgan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1656680-morgan]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1224999241p3/1656680.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">370493</id>
  <isbn>0060256656</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780060256654</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">93471</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4608</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Giving Tree</title>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942m/370493.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree</link>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>9</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Apr 06 11:36:24 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Apr 12 17:19:43 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Horrific relationship between a selfish unappreciative child and an enabling self sacrificing mother who has no purpose in life other than to give herself away.  I keep expecting a missing page to show up where he pisses all over the tree stump at the end.<br/><br/>I think this is offensive and de...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51703393">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51703393]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="20432506">
    <user id="1092121">
    <name><![CDATA[Siobhan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Diego, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1092121-siobhan]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1223873024p3/1092121.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">370493</id>
  <isbn>0060256656</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780060256654</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">93471</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4608</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Giving Tree</title>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942m/370493.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>5</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 17 21:15:31 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Apr 18 07:02:41 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I don't think I have ever read a book that has pissed me off more then the giving tree.  <br/><br/>I read this book when I was 6 maybe 7 and I have yet to forgive that little punk of a kid on the cover in his oh so innocent red overalls!   I can still vividly remember my outrage upon first reading...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20432506">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20432506]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="14034860">
    <user id="848432">
    <name><![CDATA[Rebecca Deming]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Charlotte, NC]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/848432-rebecca-deming]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1254777184p3/848432.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">370493</id>
  <isbn>0060256656</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780060256654</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">93471</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4608</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Giving Tree</title>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942m/370493.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree</link>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>5</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>true</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[NOT children!]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[My mother]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 30 06:48:04 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 30 06:59:31 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is an interesting, thought-provoking read for adults, but a HORRIBLE book to read to a child.  My mother read this to me repeatedly when I was a young child and I very vividly remember feeling this awful, heavy guilt every time she read it to me.  I definitely felt that the boy in the story rep...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14034860">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14034860]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="5492633">
    <user id="325227">
    <name><![CDATA[MsWhatsit]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Columbus, OH]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/325227-mswhatsit]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1188618154p3/325227.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">370493</id>
  <isbn>0060256656</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780060256654</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">93471</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4608</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Giving Tree</title>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942m/370493.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree</link>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>5</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="childrens" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[nobody]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 01 13:43:36 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 17 08:17:50 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I can't stand this book.  Someone gave it to my children as a gift, and I'm very close to hiding it or giving it away so that I don't have to read it to them at bedtime anymore.  The selfish, uncaring boy who takes and takes and takes from the tree until the tree literally has nothing more to give, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5492633">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5492633]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="34285371">
    <user id="1510266">
    <name><![CDATA[Amy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Wilmington, DE]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1510266-amy]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">370493</id>
  <isbn>0060256656</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780060256654</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">93471</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4608</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Giving Tree</title>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942m/370493.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree</link>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>6</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[People who want to raise rotten spoiled brats and their children.]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Everyone on earth.]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 01 10:26:42 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 01 10:28:49 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is my worst favorite children's book EVER.  I normally love Shel Silverstein.<br/><br/>However, this boy is just a complete and utter brat, and uses up everything the tree has to give, and the tree is completely codependent.<br/><br/>The tree should have rained apples on this boy's head and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34285371">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34285371]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="11329036">
    <user id="728511">
    <name><![CDATA[Jon]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/728511-jon]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">370493</id>
  <isbn>0060256656</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780060256654</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">93471</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4608</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Giving Tree</title>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942m/370493.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>7</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 31 06:57:39 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 31 06:59:03 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[My wife and I had a debate about this book:<br/><br/>VONNIE: I’m not sure at what age a person discovers the joy of giving. Maybe, for me, it was that first Christmas when I had saved up enough of my allowance to actually buy something for my parents. I remember the anticipation of watching them...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11329036">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11329036]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="7015157">
    <user id="296124">
    <name><![CDATA[Erica]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Reading, MA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/296124-erica]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1259121080p3/296124.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">370493</id>
  <isbn>0060256656</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780060256654</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">93471</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4608</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Giving Tree</title>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942m/370493.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree</link>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>5</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 29 20:16:40 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 29 20:18:41 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[it's not so much that i hate this story, i'm not aware of what shel silverstein's intentions were when writing it, but i find it disgusting that people think this is a story of love and relationships and selflessness.  the boy takes and takes and takes from the tree until he can take no more, and th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7015157">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7015157]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="1796184">
    <user id="123260">
    <name><![CDATA[Meredith]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bethlehem, PA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/123260-meredith]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1181385420p3/123260.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">370493</id>
  <isbn>0060256656</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780060256654</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">93471</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4608</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Giving Tree</title>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942m/370493.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>3</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jun 09 09:12:23 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 16 21:05:16 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I have always loved this book, so I was surprised at how many reviewers hated it. As a child I wondered how the tree could give so much. Now that I am older, I know that parents/caregivers do give that much to their children/charges (if metaphorically). So are all parents saps? Certainly they do not...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1796184">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1796184]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="647329">
    <user id="52811">
    <name><![CDATA[Shannon]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Frederick, MD]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/52811-shannon-moore]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1176141351p3/52811.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">370493</id>
  <isbn>0060256656</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780060256654</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">93471</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4608</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Giving Tree</title>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942m/370493.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree</link>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>3</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[christian martyrs]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1987</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Apr 09 10:41:59 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Apr 09 10:47:55 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[We read this book in Sunday School.  This is the kind of book that everyone thinks is just great to read to children because it teaches unselfish giving.  I think this book is dangerous because it teaches people that giving to others should drain them until they have nothing left to offer but a tire...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/647329">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/647329]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="10116015">
    <user id="667993">
    <name><![CDATA[Greg]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/667993-greg]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">370493</id>
  <isbn>0060256656</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780060256654</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">93471</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4608</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Giving Tree</title>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942m/370493.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree</link>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>3</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[trees]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1981</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Dec 07 17:43:15 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Dec 07 18:00:13 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[There's this kid and he's a total asshole and he keeps taking stuff from this clueless tree.  The tree's all, &quot;i giev u applez yes?&quot; and the kid's all, &quot;You betta or I smack u!&quot;<br/><br/>And then like after 100 years when the kid's all old and has Alzheimer's and he's more or l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10116015">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10116015]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="30382151">
    <user id="1380202">
    <name><![CDATA[Alice]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1380202-alice-shechter]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">370493</id>
  <isbn>0060256656</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780060256654</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">93471</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4608</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Giving Tree</title>
  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942m/370493.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree</link>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>3</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1979</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Aug 17 11:40:06 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 17 11:42:07 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I always thought this book was a little creepy--a little too much giving, not enough on the boundaries side.  ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30382151]]></url>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
        <shelf name="to-read" />
        <shelf name="childrens" />
        <shelf name="children" />
        <shelf name="fiction" />
        <shelf name="children-s-books" />
        <shelf name="children-s" />
        <shelf name="picture-books" />
        <shelf name="childrens-books" />
        <shelf name="favorites" />
        <shelf name="poetry" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link id="8">
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=838073</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>