# The Giving Tree

**Author:** Shel Silverstein
**Lexile:** 530L
**Grade range:** Grades K–5
**Age range:** 4–10
**First published:** 1964
**Page count:** 64
**Genre:** Picture Book
**ISBN-13:** `9780060256654`
**ISBN-10:** `0060256656`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-giving-tree
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A tree loves a boy and gives him everything across a lifetime — apples, branches, her trunk — asking nothing in return. Shel Silverstein's spare, often-debated parable on generosity and love is read across grades K-5 and beyond, a frequent classroom anchor for discussions of giving and relationship.

## Themes

- generosity
- friendship
- love
- kindness

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