Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Scholastic Inc
Pages
40
Description
Describes an apple tree as it grows leaves and flowers and then produces its fruit, while in its branches robins make a nest, lay eggs, and raise a family. Includes a recipe for apple pie.
Collection
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1996
Physical description
40 p.; 11 inches
ISBN
0590623834 / 9780590623834
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Media reviews
A simple nature story about an apple tree in winter, spring, summer, and fall. ``My sister and I have a tree that grows the best part of apple pie. Can you guess what that is? Apples!'' In winter, the tree is brown, but in spring, leaves grow and a robin nests in the branches. In the days that
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follow, buds, blossoms, bees, tiny apples, and mature fruit appear. In the final pages, the two girls (with help from adults) make and eat an apple pie. A recipe is included, as is information on how the bee pollinates the apple flower. Halpern uses soft greens, browns, and pinks in the cut- paper collages; careful shading, painting, and layering give the illustrations dimensionality, with the textured nest and marbled tree trunk especially effective. An appealing study for young children. (Picture book. 4-7) Show Less
School Library Journal, December 1996, Vol. 42, p113, 1p
-From bud to fruit, two children follow the cycle of an apple tree as it is nurtured through the seasons. The book incorporates the role of bees and the weather in the production of the fruit. Another use of the tree is shown, as a pair of robins build their nest and begin a family. The story ends
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with a nice, warm apple pie being taken from the oven. The large pictures and text are suitable for young children. The colorful, clear-cut illustrations use a paint and paper collage technique. An end note shows how bees pollinate the tree's flowers and offers a recipe for apple pie. Great for sharing with a group or one-on-one. Show Less
User reviews
LibraryThing member dchaves
That's nice having the added information about bees and pollination at the back of the book. And who can resist an apple-pie recipe. I like the Eric Carle-like pictures.
LibraryThing member quiltngrma
Wonderful illustrations showing the seasons of an apple tree.
I used TLC Lessons: THE APPLE TREE Make-a Book as a follow up to this book. Successful theme!
I used TLC Lessons: THE APPLE TREE Make-a Book as a follow up to this book. Successful theme!
LibraryThing member srgrammer
This book is about two little girls who have an apple tree in their yard. The book goes through each season and tells about the tree in each season. As the tree begins to grow new buds and apples it also has a nest of robins who grow along with the apples. In the end of the story, the girls pick
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some apples and bake a homemade pie. It is a great story, especially if you want to talk about the seasons. Show Less
LibraryThing member jgabica
This is a cute realistic fiction book about growing apples on an apple tree and eventually baking an apple pie. The point of view is very clear and obvious that the speaker is one of the daughters in the family who owns the apple tree. She speaks with emotion and excitement about the process in
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which the tree changes during seasons, the apples grow, and the pie is made. Media:Paint and found-paper collage Show Less
LibraryThing member dhn
The Apple Pie Tree is a description of the stages of the apple tree from winter to fall. The result of this process is the creation of apples to be used for an apple pie. In each stage of development, the lives of the children and other creatures are chronicled. For example, when discussing the
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tree in spring robins build a nest in the tree and the children, dressed in typical spring clothing, watch the eggs hatch open and the baby robins emerge. The book allows for many personal connections and could be used in many different ways. Apples, seasons, pollination, and life cycles are just a few of the classroom topics that popped into my mind when reading the book. I think it would be a great classroom addition. Show Less
LibraryThing member ahauze
With wonderful collage illustrations, The Apple Pie Tree follows the life of a tree from bare branches in the winter to buds to ripened fruit, finally ending in fall with the making of a delicious apple pie.
LibraryThing member brayner0309
In this book, two children take the reader through the seasons and the various changes that their apple tree goes through. They show how the tree goes from being bare to having big, red apples. At the end, they cut up the apples, add cinnamon and sugar, and make their apple pie.
This book had great,
I read this book to three and four year olds at a daycare and I had them identify each season several times and tell me things they do in each season. I also had them count how many birds there were as well as identify each animal seen in the book.
This book had great,
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large and colorful pictures. It went through every season and showed the process of how the apples grow. It also showed the lives of three baby birds as they grew as a sub-story. I also noticed that this book was eduacating the children without being boring.I read this book to three and four year olds at a daycare and I had them identify each season several times and tell me things they do in each season. I also had them count how many birds there were as well as identify each animal seen in the book.
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LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
Two sisters observe their apple tree through the seasons in this charming picture-book for younger children, delighting in the robin's nest in its branches, admiring its soft pink blossoms and growing fruit, and playing in its welcome shade. When fall comes, and the apples are ready for picking,
With a simple text of no more than a sentence or two per page, and lovely collage art that holds the attention, The Apple Pie Tree is an ideal choice for introducing preschoolers to the beauties of nature, and the joys of home-cooking. A brief afterword includes more detailed information about the process of pollination, as well as the author's own recipe for apple pie. All in all, a sweet little book, one I would recommend particularly for use in the fall, when it's apple-picking season.
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the girls enlist their parents' help in making an apple pie - a treat that is all the sweeter for having been "grown" in their own backyard...With a simple text of no more than a sentence or two per page, and lovely collage art that holds the attention, The Apple Pie Tree is an ideal choice for introducing preschoolers to the beauties of nature, and the joys of home-cooking. A brief afterword includes more detailed information about the process of pollination, as well as the author's own recipe for apple pie. All in all, a sweet little book, one I would recommend particularly for use in the fall, when it's apple-picking season.
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LibraryThing member Jennah2010
This story is a simple book about the life cycle of an apple tree and how the family in the book grows the apples and then uses them to make a pie.
I love this book because it is very easy for children to understand and relate too. I used it in my classroom last year when we made applesauce and I
This book is a great one for any child because it even includes scientific information in the back that older children could use. Works great for apple or fall theme.
I love this book because it is very easy for children to understand and relate too. I used it in my classroom last year when we made applesauce and I
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plan to do the same this year.This book is a great one for any child because it even includes scientific information in the back that older children could use. Works great for apple or fall theme.
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LibraryThing member matthewbloome
This book sort of predates all the life cycle books that have been printed today, that tell how peanut butter comes into being from a peanut plant or ice cream comes from a cow giving milk. It contains a recie for apple pie at the end as well as some a rundown on bees pollinating plants. Good book
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Call number
J2F.005