The Giving Tree

Almost everyday a kid asks me to read them The Giving Tree. Have you ever read this book? It is sooooooo sad. I am brought to tears every time and usually the kid looks at me funny and says "Ms. Laura why are you crying?" Maybe I'm just an emotional person, but this story breaks my heart. The poor tree, why you give all yourself to that selfish boy?? And then he just sits on your stump at the end and you're happy. "And she loved a little boy very, very much. -even more than she loved herself." Thank you Shel Silverstein.