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Ten Red Apples

By Pat Hutchins

Learn to subtract as Hutchin’s trademark wooden characters rhyme their way from ten to zero apples. Vibrant illustrations merge with animal sounds to make basics of counting easy and entertaining. Yipee, fiddle-dee-fee, have fun counting the apple tree. Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 2-8.

Ten Red Apples HC-7974......$17.99

Apple Countdown

By Joan Holub

On a field trip to an apple farm, the multicultural kids in Mr. Yee’s class enjoy a creative, rhyming countdown from 20-1 which includes grouping and simple addition. Fun apple facts are packed into this cheerful book’s end pages. Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.

Apple Countdown AW-3980......$16.99

Apple Cider Making Days

By Ann Purmell

Featured in the NEAT SOLUTIONS SEPTEMBER 2009 NEWSLETTER!

Join Alex, Abigail and their extended family as everyone lends a hand on Grandpa's farm to pick, sort, clean, bag and sell apples and make fresh apple cider. Children will get a close up look at the cider making process from the manual labor required to the machinery used. Includes interesting apple cider trivia. Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.

Apple Cider Making Days LB-3643......$14.95

A boy with his wagon, two hens, and a black cat stroll through the plentiful fields of a farm in autumn. Together they inspect lima beans, corn, pumpkins, beets, eggplants, and apples, which are all ready for harvest. Written in rhyme, the story speaks of canning and cider making. Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 3-7.

Red Are the Apples HMH-1917......$16.00

When Papa decided to pull up roots and move from Iowa to Oregon, he can't bear to leave his precious apple trees behind. A hilarious tall tale that's loosely based on the life of a real fruiting pioneer. Hardcover, 30 pages. Ages 4-8.

Apples to Oregon SS-7696......$17.99

"This is my second day in the new school in the new country." Farah joins her class on a fieldtrip to an apple orchard, although she feels alone - being from another country where things are different, including the language, and each student is to pick one apple. Farah finds a tree, small and out of place, and picks a green apple while the rest pick red apples... Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 5-10.

One Green Apple HMH-4771......$16.00

Lizzy loves everything about apples, so it is no surprise that her homemade apple doll, Susanna, helps her overcome her fear and shyness at school and make plenty of new friends. Includes simple instructions for how to make your very own apple doll! Hardcover, 36 pages. Ages 4-8.

The Apple Doll MPS-3808......$15.00

Apple picking is fun, but what can you do with all the apples? Young children lift the flaps to discover delicious treats, all made from apples. Rhyming text, cheerful illustrations and interesting textures will engage the senses of even the youngest readers. Board Book, 14 pages. Ages 2-5.

Apples, Apples! A Lift-the-Flap Book PP-4989......$7.99

Colorful illustrations and large font couple with simple sentences to present a lovely story of one busy apple farmer. Annie has a big orchard of apple trees - she picks, sorts and organizes them. She makes apple cider, applesauce, muffins, cakes and pies with her apples - and takes the best ones to sell fresh at the market! Includes recipes for Applesauce, Apple Muffins and Applesauce Cake. Softcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.

Apple Farmer Annie PP-1242......$5.99

With lyrical prose and rich illustrations, a lovely story of a family and their weekend of apple-picking-apple-selling time is presented through the voice of Myles as he joins his little sister, mom and dad to grandma and grandpa's where all the apple trees are. They pick sackfuls of Delicious - both red and golden - McIntosh, Pippin, Winter Banana, and Gravensteins. Hardcover, 34 pages. Ages 4-8.

Up, Up, Up! It's Apple-Picking Time HH-6103......$17.95

Gorgeous watercolor illustrations couple with this true story of courage from the child's mind of Harriet Tubman. Harriet worked in the fields as a young slave and her favorite outdoor job was to pick apples and wondered if they were as good as they looked, although she did not think it was fair that "the slaves did all the work and the family in the Big House got to eat the apples." Hardcover, 24 pages. Ages 4-8.

An Apple for Harriet Tubman AW-3959......$16.99