The Most Controversial Children's Book in History

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Sign up for a 14-day free trial and enjoy all the amazing features MyHeritage has to offer https://bit.ly/SolarSands Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=3356654 Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/@solarsands2 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Solar_Sas Correction: 16:10 Yes it is probably moreso that the tree is "happy but not really" because the boy says explicitly that he is sailing far away presumably forever, probably less so to do with "recognizing a pattern" lol. I should have explicilty said this as a likely interpretation. Basic Sources: Views on Children's Books: (Rogak pg.66 William Price Fox, Free Times) Playboy: (New York Times, Ruth Margalit) Songwriting: https://americansongwriter.com/10-songs-you-didnt-know-shel-silverstein-wrote-for-other-artists-including-loretta-lynn-waylon-jennings-and-more/ Stud Terkel interview, WFMT, 1963 https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/interviewing-shel-silverstein Jesus Text: https://thetextincontext.com/ Think Pieces: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/giving-tree-50-sadder-remembered https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/parenting/we-need-to-talk-about-the-giving-tree.html https://www.nytimes.com/1978/04/30/archives/the-third-mr-silverstein.html Trees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHvjr-1EA68 https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/tgen/regrow-tree-from-stump.htm Rogak, Lisa. A Boy Named Shel: The Life and Times of Shel Silverstein. Thomas Dunne Books (imprint of St. Martin's Press), 2007 If you would like by-sentence sources I have the script with full citations, email me for a copy at: [email protected]. 3D model by SyncedUp Special Effects help by Whatsitlike End Track "To Sit and Rest" by Ryan Probert Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wIqgW8sZFA Music in order of Appearance: Silent Hill 2 OST – Fermata in Mistic Air Godmode - Blacksmith C418 – The Weirdest Year of Your Life Zelda Jazz (Dark World) Home – Native Humbird – Hymn for Whom Accelio – Cyber City – Jazz Club (Featuring ROOXG) https://accelio.bandcamp.com/ Silent Hill 2 OST – Prisonic Fairytale Accelio – Cyber City – Soundboy https://accelio.bandcamp.com/ nobody – recalling memories that never existed https://www.youtube.com/@nouboudy C418 – Excuse C418 – Chris Chris Zabriskie – I Am Running with Temporary Success From a Monstrous Vacuum in Pursuit Chris Zabriskie – I Am a Man Who Will Fight For Your Honor Ryan Probert – To Sit and Rest (Custom Track)