The Taking Tree

by Dan Ewen, Tom Richner

THE TAKING TREE (the
unauthorized parody that is
absolutely, positively, completely not THE GIVING TREE) is a hilarious twist on the Shel Silverstein classic. This humor book is no touching salute to goodness and generosity. Instead this laugh-a-minute satire is a scathing indictment of those who just take and take and take. That means you, trees!

Genres: Humor, Fiction

92 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2010

Reviews

[Ladan · Rating 1 out of 5]

while looking for "the taking tree: a selfish parody by Shrill Travesty" I found this one, thinking it might be a funny parody of "the giving tree", though it was a total squander of papers. I cannot believe that trees were cut for this psychopathic story

به خاطر عنوان مشابهش با کتابی دیگه فکر کردم شاید این هم بامزه باشه و جوابیه ای برای کتاب "درخت بخشنده" باشه. کتاب رو انگار یک روانپریش نوشته که هیچ بامزه نیست و کلی هم بدآموزی داره

[Rafia Rahman · Rating 3 out of 5]

The boy made the little
boys promise never
to plant anything for the
rest of their lives.

বহুল আলোচিত বই "The Giving Tree" যদি পড়ে থাকেন তো এই বইটাও পড়ে দেখতে পারেন। এই বইয়েও দেখা যাবে একটি আপেল গাছ ও পিচ্চি ছেলে। কিন্তু তাদের মধ্যকার সম্পর্কও কি আগের বইয়ের মতো হবে? পরিণতি? উত্তরগুলো দিবো না। কারণ শেষেই আছে টুইস্ট।

[Swapnil Agarwal · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s a parody of the giving tree. The boy loved the tree. And the tree knew it.

[Thikrayat Al-aradi · Rating 1 out of 5]

I thought it would be funny, but it wasn't, it's like a toxic mother analogy