- Humorous poetry, Children's poetry, American, Juvenile fiction, Trees
From Shel Silverstein, New York Times bestselling author of Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic, comes a poignant picture book about love and acceptance, cherished for over fifty years.
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Spare, intimate, earnest and grave.
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- First published
- 1987
- Pages
- 59
- Publisher
- Zendrera Zariquiey, Nan hai chu ban she, HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 61
- Language
- French, Spanish, Japanese, heb
- ISBN
- 9780329230074
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First sentence
“Once there was a tree ... and she loved a little boy.”
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