"The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein This book was gifted to me for my graduation from my best friend -- my history teacher, Ms. Owen. The front cover has the most amazing inscription, sending me back into crazy years when life was full of crazy opportunities and many possible directions. While I have positive feelings towards this book, it may be a book needing more discussion instead of just a fun story time read. In searching the web for other fun resources to share, I stumbled upon some articles  talking about the possible negative reactions that can be taken, things like self-sacrifice and selfishness. I've always appreciated the ending relationship in the story, where the young boy and tree come to appreciate each other and can just be together again, like they were at the start before human wants interfered, but I do appreciate this new perspective. So, re-reading this book ended up being a more mind-opening experience than originally anticipated, and while fun,...