"The Giving Tree" or There Is a Sucker Born Every Minute.

Strandburg, Walter L.; Livo, Norma J.

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ERIC Number: EJ331274

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Publication Date: 1986

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"The Giving Tree" or There Is a Sucker Born Every Minute.

Strandburg, Walter L.; Livo, Norma J.

Children's Literature in Education, v17 n1 p17-24 Spr 1986

Challenges the influence of Shel Silverstein's "The Giving Tree": the way it is being viewed, used, misused, understood, and misunderstood by parents, teachers, librarians, and children. (HOD)

Descriptors: Authors, Child Rearing, Childrens Literature, Friendship, Interpersonal Relationship, Literary Criticism, Moral Values, Picture Books, Satire, Sex Bias, Values Education

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Language: English

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