{"product_id":"the-taking-tree-a-selfish-parody-hardcover-1","title":"The Taking Tree: A Selfish Parody - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShrill Travesty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLucy Ruth Cummins\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe all know the story of the \"selfless\" tree that gave all she had just to make sure a young boy was \"happy\". \u003cbr\u003eSnore. This is a different tree. This is a different boy. This is a very different book. \u003cbr\u003eThe 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. And the boy is not sorry at all. Ever. In fact, he's kind of a jerk. And the boy asks for more, and more, and more until the oak tree is so fed up she just can't take it any longer. While another story might end sweetly with an old man sitting on a stump. This one does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucy Ruth Cummins is an author, an illustrator, and art director of children's books. She has been happily paired with Jean Reidy for \u003ci\u003eTruman\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Children's Book of 2019, and \u003ci\u003eSylvie\u003c\/i\u003e. She also is the author-illustrator of \u003ci\u003eA Hungry Lion, or A Dwindling Assortment of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eStumpkin\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eVampenguin\u003c\/i\u003e. When she was little, she had a pet spider in the shed where her dad kept the lawnmower. Every day little Lucy caught flies and placed them in her spider's web at mealtimes. Lucy was born in Montreal, raised in upstate New York, and lives with her little family in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 48\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9.94 x 7.82 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 19, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Taking Tree: A Selfish Parody\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lower Grades, K-3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.9\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47300850974969,"sku":"9781442407633","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cHVib1E1OXFZR280eVN3VVhoOVpZUT09_ea022d76-8c3c-4730-94c8-1b718bc849d5.webp?v=1769260911","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-taking-tree-a-selfish-parody-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}