I’m sorry, but The Giving Tree is a shitty kids story.
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omg THANK YOU
It absolutely is, I think self-consciously so
Hahaha, was just reading this to my daughter the other day and kinda thought the same thing…
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But Uncle Shelby's ABZ book is hilarious.

There are some seriously retarded children's book authors. We've taken hundreds out from our local library. Easily 75% make me scratch my head
Amen. As an adult, you realize this story of “unconditional love” is actually a glorification of people pleasing and a dysfunctional relationship where boundaries are not allowed.
For real. Also, the rainbow fish is trash
I've heard the name but I'm not familiar with the story. Sounds like I'm not missing anything and will not be getting this book for our future kid's book collection
I never read it but got the vibe and I didn’t feel inspired to read it to my sons.
I just got the summary. Meh.
Now I slightly wish I had gotten it so we could have discussed it as an example of dysfunction.