The Apple Pie Tree »

The changing seasons bring a tasty surprise in this bright picture book from the author/illustrator team of It's Pumpkin Time!. Two young sisters watch in fascination as their apple tree changes, from bare in winter to bursting with pink blossoms in spring, and as robins build a nest. When autumn comes, the small green apples have grown big enough for picking--and for pie! Full color.

Children's Literature

Two kids get to follow the cycle of an apple tree through the seasons. The importance of weather and of bees for pollination in the development of the fruit is highlighted. Kids will also enjoy seeing that the tree provides a home for a family of robins (a la the Joyce Kilmer poem "Trees"). The book ends with the fruit cooked into a mouth-watering apple pie. Delightful collage and paint illustrations are large enough to work in a storytime session. An endnote provides more information about pollination, as well as a recipe for apple pie.