Last year, I wrote a story about the importance and power of small acts of kindness during the holiday season in the San Antonio Express-News. Those reflections feel even more urgent today. I now feel ...

AYER — Since it was published back in 1964, Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree” has imparted to its readers the idea of altruism: the importance of selfless love and the joy of giving selflessly. Now ...

This story is part of Grist’s Summer Dreams arts and culture series, a weeklong exploration of how popular fiction can influence our environmental reality. If you have warm, fuzzy memories of reading ...

What if the Giving Tree said "no" to the boy? Thousands of adults online are resonating with alternate endings to classic children’s books that may not have aged well in light of modern-day gentle ...

A family honors their late daughter, Abby Clingan, by gifting her favorite book to kindergarten students. Each year, her family donates copies of "The Giving Tree" to students at her former school.

The Hartlepool Giving Tree, based at Middleton Grange Shopping Centre, collected more than 6,000 gifts last year.