Overrated? Underrated? (September 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 5)

Overrated? Underrated?

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September 1999 | Volume 50, Issue 5


I enjoyed your feature “Overrated & Underrated,” but when I read the section on children’s books, I could not believe the writer reduced Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree to a story of exploitative gender issues. I have read this book to each of my children, and the message was always: You cannot expect to take all your life; you must be prepared to give.