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Author
Series
Dragon (Dav Pilkey) volume 1
Language
English
Description
Dragon is lonely so he goes looking for a friend and when an apple falls on his head he is convinced that he has found one; but at home Apple is quiet and unresponsive, and when a visit to the doctor only makes things worse, Dragon mourns the loss of his friend--until an apple tree grows where Apple is buried.
Author
Language
English
Description
"The Apple Lover's Cookbook is more than a recipe book. It's a celebration of apples in all their incredible diversity, as well as an illustrated guide to 70 popular (and rare-but-worth-the-search) apple varieties. Each has its own complete biography with entries for best use, origin, availability, season, appearance, taste, and texture. Amy Traverso organizes these 70 varieties into four categories--firm-tart, tender-tart, firm-sweet, and tender-sweet--and...
4) Apple
Author
Publisher
Abrams Appleseed
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
This picture book follows the life of an apple throughout the year, demonstrating the cyclical patterns in nature. The youngest of readers will delight in following the journey of the bright red apple the only splash of color in the otherwise black-and-white illustrations as it travels from tree, to harvest, to snack, to compost, and finally to sprout.
7) Apples
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Explains how apples were brought to America, how they grow, their traditional uses and cultural significance, and some of the varieties grown.
Author
Series
Duck books (Lynne Berry) volume 4
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Five little ducks ride bicycles and gather apples to make a sweet treat.
10) Apples to Oregon
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A pioneer father transports his beloved fruit trees and his family to Oregon in the mid-nineteenth century. Based loosely on the life of Henderson Luelling.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Focusing on the human relationship with plants, the author uses botany to explore four basic human desires -- sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control -- through portraits of four plants that embody them: the apple, tulip, marijuana, and potato. Every school child learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers; the bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the flowers' genes far and wide. In...
13) One green apple
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
While on a school field trip to an orchard to make cider, a young immigrant named Farah gains self-confidence when the green apple she picks perfectly complements the other students' red apples.
14) Apples galore!
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Embarking on a field trip to an apple-picking farm, Nancy enjoys the fancy autumn colors she observes in the orchard and resolves to find a perfect Gala apple for her father but fears the fruit of her choice is too far out of reach.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the vein of Neal Stephenson and Jeff VanderMeer, an epic speculative novel from Young Lions Fiction Award-finalist Matt Bell, a breakout book that explores climate change, manifest destiny, humanity's unchecked exploitation of natural resources, and the small but powerful magic contained within every single apple"--
Eighteenth-century Ohio: two brothers travel into the wooded frontier, planting apple orchards from which they plan to profit in...
18) Toto's apple
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press Limited
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Toto's desire for an apple sees him launch a series of plans to reach his desired meal.
20) Apple cake
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In this simple rhyming story from the author of Held in Love, a child says thank you for the gifts nature provides, from hazelnuts in the hedge to apples from the tree, eggs from the hens to milk from the cow. Eventually, the family has enough ingredients to make something special...a delicious apple cake! With captivating illustrations that brim with emotion, this sweet picture book encourages children to be grateful for the world around them-the...
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