The Taking Tree: A Selfish Parody

by Shrill Travesty

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442407638
• ISBN13: 9781442407633
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.8" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 4 years and up
• Grade Range: Preschool and higher