“Once there was a tree … and she loved a lit­tle boy.” So begins a sto­ry of unfor­get­table per­cep­tion, beau­ti­ful­ly writ­ten and illus­trat­ed by the gift­ed and ver­sa­tile Shel Silverstein.

Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branch­es, or slide down her trunk … and the tree was hap­py. But as the boy grew old­er he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave.

This is a ten­der sto­ry, touched with sad­ness, aglow with con­so­la­tion. Shel Sil­ver­stein has cre­at­ed a mov­ing para­ble for read­ers of all ages that offers an affect­ing inter­pre­ta­tion of the gift of giv­ing and a serene accep­tance of anoth­er’s capac­i­ty to love in return.

This minia­ture full-cloth, gold-stamped edi­tion will be trea­sured by all ages.