by Alice Flanagan
sweet, simple, takes place in Illinois
by Jacqueline Farmer
I skip right to the apple history & etymology
by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
charming classic chapter book (Newberry winner, 1947)
by Sarah Glenn Fortson
the amazing story behind the Granny Smith apple
(read before Miss Hickory or its final chapter will not make sense)
by Dawn Casey
the perfect blessing for a harvest meal, includes recipe!
The Chart of Varieties in Jacqueline Farmer's book reminded me of a project that Natalie did in Kindergarten, back in 2007 (see my Sweet Yummy post). A new variety of apple had just been developed at the time -- Honeycrisp -- and her teacher gave the children each a sample of it and asked them to describe it and explain what they would name it. What a great idea!
In looking back through my photos that my phone tagged "apple," I found all kinds of things:
needle felting the half sweet / half poison apple from Little Snow-White
washing fresh fruits & veggies in Early Childhood
carving McIntosh apples into candleholders for our Advent Spiral
reading "The Star House" from Suzanne Down's book of Autumn Tales
and finding the star inside the apple!
Two more options:
If you want a very simple wordless picture book, I suggest Apples by Nonny Hogrogian. And if you want a detailed Botany picture book with many closeup pictures of development (most in black & white), I recommend The Apple and Other Fruits by Millicent Selsam. It also discusses the pear (pp.30-35), peach (pp.36-41), plum (pp.42-43), cherry (pp.44-45), orange (pp.46-47) because they develop in a similar way.
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