The Taking Tree: A Selfish Parody - Hardcover
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Shrill Travesty, Lucy Ruth CumminsAudience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2010-10-19Pages:48
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9781442407633ISBN-10:1442407638UPC:9781442407633Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Humorous Stories, Classics, Science & NatureSize:9.94 x 7.82 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.88Product ID:SCB05X4DWF
We all know the story of the "selfless" tree that gave all she had just to make sure a young boy was "happy".
Snore. This is a different tree. This is a different boy. This is a very different book.
The Taking Tree is not so happy when the boy takes her twigs to pick on his sister, or takes her apples to sell for college (she's an oak tree for goodness sake), or when he cuts off her branches to build a house that he burns for insurance money. And the boy is not sorry at all. Ever. In fact, he's kind of a jerk. And the boy asks for more, and more, and more until the oak tree is so fed up she just can't take it any longer. While another story might end sweetly with an old man sitting on a stump. This one does not.
Snore. This is a different tree. This is a different boy. This is a very different book.
The Taking Tree is not so happy when the boy takes her twigs to pick on his sister, or takes her apples to sell for college (she's an oak tree for goodness sake), or when he cuts off her branches to build a house that he burns for insurance money. And the boy is not sorry at all. Ever. In fact, he's kind of a jerk. And the boy asks for more, and more, and more until the oak tree is so fed up she just can't take it any longer. While another story might end sweetly with an old man sitting on a stump. This one does not.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9781442407633ISBN-10:1442407638UPC:9781442407633Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Humorous Stories, Classics, Science & NatureSize:9.94 x 7.82 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.88Product ID:SCB05X4DWF
Lucy Ruth Cummins is an author, illustrator, and art director of children's books. She was happily paired with Jean Reidy for both Truman, which was named a New York Times Best Children's Book of 2019, and Sylvie. She also is the author-illustrator of Stumpkin, Vampenguin, Our Pool, and A Hungry Lion, or A Dwindling Assortment of Animals. Lucy has swum in creeks, streams, gorges, rivers, swimming holes, pools (above- and in-ground), lakes (both Great and Finger), decorative fountains, and oceans. Her very favorite place to swim, however, is at her community pool in Brooklyn with her sons and her neighbors.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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