Product Description

Absolutely the
Perfect fruit to
Put in your
Lunchbox and
Eat Later.

Acrostic poems made from apple-themed words lead readers through the growing season-from early spring buds to apple-picking time to naked tree branches resting in winter. Accompanied by beautiful, hand-colored woodblock prints, Amazing Apples also includes some apple history as well as ideas about what to do with apples. Children will enjoy these flavor-filled poems that celebrate this popular fruit.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1268905 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Library Binding
• 32 pages

From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 4-This collection of 17 acrostic poems celebrates "Absolutely the/Perfect fruit to/Put in your/Lunchbox and/Eat later." Readers are taken through the seasons, beginning with spring, by following a family and its orchard. Each spread contains one or two poems about leaves, bees, apple varieties, a storage basement, and more. Hand-colored woodblock prints, with figures and objects outlined in bold black lines, extend the poems. A boy and a girl are pictured throughout, along with their parents, two dogs, and a cat. When it comes time to pick and process the fruit, more people, of varying ages and nationalities, are shown. Many children will note that the jars of apple butter and jelly and bushels of fruit shelved in the basement match the numbers named in the accompanying poem. End matter includes a few facts about apples and suggestions for things to do, including having a tasting party, drying the apples, and baking them. A welcome addition for fall units.
Kathleen Simonetta, Indian Trails Public Library District, Wheeling, IL
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author
Consie Powel is an Albert Whitman and Company author.

Customer Reviews

A IS FOR APPLES AND THIS BOOK
Brightly illustrated with hand painted wood block prints "Amazing Apples" tells young readers everything about apples from A to Z. Easy to understand poems trace an apple orchard through the four seasons of the year, emphasizing the miracle of regrowth and the importance of sunshine and water.

Young readers meet the family that tends the orchard and witness harvesting, the making of cider, and canning of fruit. The slim volume concludes with a brief essay offering further information about apples and suggestions for the use of apples.

Some say apples are our favorite fruit - this may well be one of your youngster's favorite books.

- Gail Cooke

A IS FOR APPLES AND THIS BOOK
Brightly illustrated with hand painted wood block prints "Amazing Apples" tells young readers everything about apples from A to Z. Easy to understand poems trace an apple orchard through the four seasons of the year, emphasizing the miracle of regrowth and the importance of sunshine and water.

Young readers meet the family that tends the orchard and witness harvesting, the making of cider, and canning of fruit. The slim volume concludes with a brief essay offering further information about apples and suggestions for the use of apples.

Some say apples are our favorite fruit - this may well be one of your youngster's favorite books.