Queen of the Forest ringHomage to: Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree And every day the boy would come, and he would gather her leaves, make them into crowns and play king of the forest. * *Silverstein, Shel. The Giving Tree. New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1992. Our Queen of the Forest ring pays homage to the caregivers whose love was an is a sheltering tree where fledgling hearts can rest. This ring is shaped like a crown of leaves and looks good stacked or on its own.