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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Giving Tree" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942m/370493.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The Giving Tree</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/435477.Shel_Silverstein">Shel Silverstein</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20582366?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 3 of 5 stars<br/>Even though it's a "cute" tale of the tree's generosity to the little boy, the message that reverberated in my psyche is how abusive and ungrateful that boy is. He just kept taking from the tree, until it was reduced to a mere stump on the ground. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1099924?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>