Vintage Video: The Giving Tree
Did you know this existed? I can’t say I’ve ever been a big The Giving Tree aficionado, but I hadn’t seen the video below. An animated version, straight outta ’73, voiced by Shel Silverstein. Based on the man’s often-discussed spooky appearance, I thought his voice would be deeper. A little scarier perhaps.
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(Thanks to Ray C is Racy for the link)
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Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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You never heard his tapes? Our teacher played them for us. He strummed and did some of the poems from Sidewalk. It was awesome. I wonder if it’s still available? I heard him a few times on Dr. Demento, too. He did adult/drug type poems. Great voice. Of course I listened to both at around the same age. Maybe that’s what warped me…