| Apples (New & Updated Edition) Contributor(s): Gibbons, Gail (Author) |
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ISBN: 0823416690 ISBN-13: 9780823416691 Publisher: Holiday House OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2001 Annotation: All about apples, from pollination to picking and eating. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Flowers & Plants - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology - Agriculture - Juvenile Nonfiction | Cooking & Food |
| Dewey: 634.11 |
| LCCN: 2019461122 |
| Lexile Measure: 650 |
| Physical Information: 0.11" H x 9.8" W x 10.02" (0.34 lbs) 32 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 48046 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Juice, jelly, cider, pie, or straight off the tree...apples are delicious Discover the well-loved tradition of growing and picking apples - a fruit that has been in existence for about two million years. Explore the history of the apple but also the way that families and farmers grow and care for apple trees today, from planting to selling, to turning them into delicious treats and using them for classic games like bobbing for apples on Halloween. Detailed pictures introduce readers to the botany of apples too. Experience colorful depictions of apple blossom pollination, the growth process of apples, and several panels of the different kinds of apples around the world. Learn how to plant and care for your own apple tree with step by step instructions. Then use the apple pie recipe also included to celebrate a job well done Author-Illustrator Gail Gibbons explores anything and everything there is to know about the world as young readers experience it, including the ever-present, ever-refreshing apple. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gibbons, Gail: - Gail Gibbons has published close to fifty distinguished nonfiction titles with Holiday House. According to "The Washington Post," "Gail Gibbons has taught more preschoolers and early readers about the world than any other children's writer-illustrator." She lives in Vermont. Her website is www.gailgibbons.com |