The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree

This book is about the 4 different seasons of the years and what a tree looks like throughout the year. Even though all trees don't have apples, most of them have green leaves in the spring and summer and then turn golden in the fall and fall off, and then are naked in the winter. This book is good

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for young children who are learning about the different seasons and a few holidays that go with them.

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Arnold has his very own apple tree. He watches it change as the seasons change. He plays in the tree throughout the year. He picks flowers from the tree in the Spring and Apples in the Fall. This book contains a Apple pie recipe and briefly explains how an apple cider press works. This is a great

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book to teach young students about the seasons.
This is a level 2 book.

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Arnold is a young boy who loves his apple tree. He decorates and plays in the tree all year round. He makes all sorts of food and decorations from the wonderful apples. Even throughout the cold of winter, Arnold continues to visit and decorate his tree. When spring comes around again, Arnold starts

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his whole process over with his apple tree!

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This book is about a boy named arnold who finds an apple tree. He does many things in his apple tree thoughout all the different seasons. This is a good book because it also teaches about different seasons.

An easy non fiction book to read to youngsters about the seasons of an apple tree.

This book is about a boy and his apple tree. It goes through the different seasons of the year and describes they way the tree looks in the different seasons. Arnold always find something to do in his tree no matter what season it is. In spring he watches the buds grow. He makes a swing in the

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branches and watches the bees. In summer he builds a trees house in his apple tree. He picks the apples that start to grow. In the fall his apples on the tree are red and sweet. The leaves have turned golden and they fall off the tree. He gathers the leaves and puts them in his tree house. He decorates the apples on Halloween. In winter there is snow on the apple tree. He decorates the tree with strings of popcorn for the birds. He builds a snow fort around the bottom of the tree and a snowman to keep his tree company.

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The book uses an apple tree to teach readers about the changing seasons. In other words, Arnold’s tree is first described as being full of buds and blossoms in the spring. Then, comes summer and the apple tree is used for shade and shelter. Thirdly, seasons change again and the tree is full of

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big, tasty, red apples in the fall. Lastly, it turns to winter and the tree’s bare branches hold strings of popcorn and berries for the birds.

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Takes an apple tree through the seasons of the year. Arnold creates activities around the tree throughout the year.

The Seasons of Arnolds Apple Tree talks about how an apple tree grows through spring, summer, fall & winter. It also talks about what he does to his tree during these times & what he pulls off of it to bring home.

This picture book is a simple, fictional story about a boy named Arnold, his apple tree, and the impact of the seasons. In each season, changes in the tree are both shown in pictures and expressed in the text. The story also describes what Arthur does in and around his tree in each season; for

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example, in the fall, he picks its apples and makes pie with his family. The story, then, highlights important characteristics of each season as they impact the tree and a young boy’s activities. There is little text per page—at most, a few sentences. The language is also suitable for young elementary students in terms of difficulty level. Some words are repeated frequently. This story, then, could be used either as a read-aloud text or for student independent reading for many young readers.

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Summary: This is a story about a boy and his favorite tree. The apple tree supplies the boy with much more than apples. Arnold climbs the tree, builds a tree house, and uses some of the twigs to build a wreath. Even during the winter the tree is a place the boy can play, he builds a snow fort and

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snow men to keep the tree company.

Personal Reaction: This story reminded me of a tree at my Grandmother's house that I climbed as a child. The story did make me wonder where the child's friends were, but it was an interesting story about how much use one individual can get from a single tree. The story reminded me of just how important the environment is for our future.

Classroom Extention: 1) This book would be a good lead into a lesson about the environment and recycling. Have students track how much paper they use in a 48 hour period. 2) The multiple uses of trees and how important they are to our society. Have students list three uses of a tree and rate most important to them.

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This is a great book by Gail Gibbons that traces the life cycle of an apple tree that is loved and cared for by a boy. It traces the tree (how it looks, grows, changes) throughout the seasons in an explicit way through the images and text. It is even interactive as it provides a recipe for apple

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pie! This could bring in a math lesson if used in the classroom.

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Summary:
This book is about a boy named Arnold who has a secret place that he loves to go to. This secret place is an apple tree. The book starts off in Spring and ends the following Spring going through the whole cycle of how apples form.

Personal Reaction:
I think this is a very well written book

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and I liked it. It's very informative but it keeps the kids drawn in because it incorporates activities and things that kids would really do. I would suggest this book to any kid.

Classroom Extension:
1. I would have each kid bring different ingredients to make an apple pie and we would use the recipe in the book to make one ourselves.
2. In our classroom we could also use the book as a reference of how to make apple cider and demonstrate that.

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Gibbons is a great information story book author. This title is my favorite though. She tells a wonderful story of a boy and his tree, all while weaving scientific information in a fun and exciting way. I read this as a kid and it was one of my favorites.

This book reminded me of my childhood, and for that I rate it 4 stars. It followed a little boy named Arnold as he played on his apple tree through all 4 seasons. When I was a kid, I had a big crabapple tree in my front yard and did many of the same things Arnold did, from building a tree house to

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a swing. I loved the illustrations in this book. They were very whimsical and definitely reminiscent of a child's love for imagination and pretend. Another thing I liked about this book was that it included little informational blurbs as the book went on. For example, when Arnold was harvesting the apples from the tree in fall, they included a recipe for apple pie as well as a diagram of how an apple cider press works. This definitely added to the positive aspects of the book. The main idea of this book was that imagination can take you anywhere.

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It goes through the seasons showing what happens to the tree and what Arnold does to the tree for the seasons of fower blooming to apples.

The Seaons of Arnold’s Apple tree is an informative story about the different seasons and what happens to a tree during each season. It describes how leaves grow and apples grow and then how you can pick the apples to eat them and the leaves fall during winter. This is a good book for children

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learning about different seasons. It is a fun story that keeps the reader’s interest while also appealing to many different interests. One thing I thought was neat was the little information boxes in the pictures. For example, there is a box containing a recipe to make an apple pie. In the story, Arnold makes an apple pie with his family. The box shows the recipe and would allow the reader to make an apple pie as well. There is also another box about how to make an apple cider press. I thought both of these ideas were interesting because both projects would appeal to different readers. There may be a reader who loves to cook. That reader may want to make the apple pie like Arnold. However, there may be another reader who enjoys building and wants to become an engineer. They may want to do a project where they make a cider press. I thought that was a good idea that the author incorporated different boxes.
The illustrations in this story were great. I liked how I could watch Arnold grow. The illustrator/author drew Arnold bigger and bigger as he went through the different seasons. I thought that was important to show because children continuously grow and seeing that happen in a picture book would be a good experience for the children to know it is normal. The big idea in this book is not as clear, but I think the main idea is that there are different seasons and there are different things that occur in each season. It is important to know what will happen during the seasons and that there are different seasons. I think this is a good book that could be used for a multitude of things.

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Describes how the tree changes throughout the seasons. Also how he could use the fruit that the tree produced.

All the things that Arnold does with his apple tree from season to season.

This book is about a boy Arnold and his tree, The author also shows and tells about the different seasons, like how the apple tree gets change with different seasons.

A boy his name Arnold, who has an apple tree, he climbs it to see far away, its his secret place, her watches the buds, he also makes a swing for his tree, Its a creative story.

It's a story about the seasons with facts about bee's and apple recipes. Great for learning seasons, new vocab

This book about nature and the changing seasons focuses on a young boy and a very special apple tree. Arnold collects apple blossoms in spring, builds a tree house in summer, makes apple pie and cider in the fall, and hangs strings of popcorn and berries for the birds in winter, among other

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seasonal activities. Includes a recipe for apple pie and a description of how an apple cider press works.

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Arnold has a special tree near his house, an apple tree, which he calls his and cares for all year long. This book describes the changes in the tree, and what Arnold does with the tree, i.e. climbing it, pick apples, bake pies, cider, vase of blossoms, a cushion. This also talks about the holiday

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Halloween.

Ages: 4-7
Source: Youtube

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