The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
A kid loves this tree and the tree loves the kid back. Then the kid grows up, and the tree gets hacked to pieces.
Banned
1988 - Colorado - Prior to 1988, the book was locked away by a librarian at the Boulder Public Library who thought it was sexist.
Sources
Doyle, Robert P. "Banned Books: Defending Our Freedom to Read." American Library Association, 2017.
Margalit, Ruth. "“The Giving Tree” at Fifty: Sadder Than I Remembered." New Yorker, 2014. Retrieved on January 20, 2021 from https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/giving-tree-50-sadder-remembered?source=search_google_dsa_paid&gclid=CjwKCAiAxp-ABhALEiwAXm6IyVxlsPkCnULam55hzo6KM0-xRkA7MJptALaAIPXgdXpRz8Inbc874xoCicIQAvD_BwE
Silverstein, Shel. "The Giving Tree." HarperCollins. New York, 1964.
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