Apple Harvest

Children's Literature - Meredith Kiger

One of six in the "All About Fall" series, this colorful book uses large photos, minimum text, and repetition of words and phrases to support emergent readers. The story discusses the harvest of apples in fall and some of the ways we use apples. Is their anything tastier than a ripe crunchy apple, perhaps baked apples with honey or maple syrup, or perhaps a warm apple pie? The notion that apples are sorted by "flavor" rather than kind seems odd, since it suggests apples are tasted then sorted, but perhaps young children will not notice. The book supports National Science Foundation standards for early elementary students earth and life science studies. A glossary, an index, word count, and sources for further study plus safe Internet sites are included. Reviewer: Meredith Kiger, Ph.D.