Book Reviews: Apples

Our Harvest of the Month for September is APPLES and I’ve picked out tons of great books about apples to share!

Best All Around:

• “Apples” by Jacqueline Farmer (AR 5.5)
• “Apples” by Gail Gibbons (AR 4.4)
• “Apples for Everyone” by Jill Esbaum (AR 2.8)

Best to Teach about Life Cycles (by the Seasons):

• “From Seed to Apple Tree” by Suzanne Slade and Jeff Yesh
• “The Life Cycle of an Apple Tree” by Lina Tagliaferro
• “From Seed to Apple” by Anita Ganeri
• “Apples Grow on a Tree” by Mari Schuh and Gail Saunders-Smith
• “How Do Apples Grow?” by Betsy Maestro (AR 3.5)
• “The Apple Pie Tree” by Zoe Hall (AR 1.9)
• “Our Apple Tree” by Görel Kristina Näslund (AR 2.3)
• “The Season’s of Arnold’s Apple Tree” by Gail Gibbons (AR 2.6) – not pictured

Best to Teach about Life Cycles (focused on Decomposition):

• “Apple” by Nikki McClure
• “One Red Apple” by Harriet Ziefert

Best to Teach Historical Understandings:

• “Apples to Oregon” by Deborah Hopkinson (AR 4.1)
• “An Apple for Harriet Tubman” by Glennette Tilley Turner
• “Johnny Appleseed” by Steven Kellogg
• “Johnny Appleseed” by Jane Yolen
• “Johnny Appleseed” by Jodie Shepard (AR 3.4)

Best to Teach Cultural Understandings:

• “One Green Apple” by Eve Bunting (AR 2.6)

Best to Teach Mathematical Understandings:

• “Apple Fractions” by Jerry Pallotta
• “Ten Apples Up on Top!” by Dr. Seuss (AR 1.2)

Others for Fun:

• “Apples, Apples Everywhere!” by Robin Koontz (AR 1.7)
• “Curious George: Apple Harvest” by Lynn Polvino (AR 3.0)
• “Apple Farmer Annie” by Monica Wellington (AR 1.8)
• “From Apple Trees to Cider, Please” by Felicia Sanzari Cherneky
• “Apples and Pumpkins” by Anne Rockwell (AR 2.1)
• “Amelia Bedelia’s First Apple Pie” by Herman Parish (AR 2.9)
• “Apple Pie ABC” by Alison Murray
• “One Little, Two Little, Three Little Apples” by Matt Ringler
• “Fluffy Goes Apple Picking” by Kate McMullan