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Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
31 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A pioneer father transports his beloved fruit trees and his family to Oregon in the mid-nineteenth century. Based loosely on the life of Henderson Luelling.
102) Once upon a winter
Author
Series
Orchard novels (Megan Atwood) volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
232 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Feeling out of sorts with his twin sister, Olive, and their friends Lizzie and Sarah, Peter is drawn to new student Kai, but soon discovers that Kai is not very nice.
103) All the way home
Author
Publisher
Delacorte
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
169 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1941, circumstances bring together Brick, a boy from New York's apple country, and Mariel, a young girl made shy by her bout with polio, and the two make a journey from Brooklyn back to help Brick's elderly neighbors save their apple crop and to help Mariel learn about her past.
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (42 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chicka chicka 1,2,3: See what happens when 101 numbers race each other up an apple tree, and bad bumble bees come buzzing. Which number will save the day? -- How much is a million?: What does a million really mean? A trillion? Explains the concepts of a million, a billion, and a trillion. -- If you made a million: What's it like to have a million dollars? A guide to various forms of money.
Series
Genealogy and local history volume LH 967
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[1919]
Physical Desc
60 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 17 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
300 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The book is brimming with beautiful portraits of heirloom and modern apples of merit, each accompanied by distinguishing characteristics and common uses. As the view broadens to the orchard, you will find information on planting, pruning, grafting, and more. The exploration of the apple culminates with an overview of the fruit's transformative capabilities when pressed, fermented, cooked, or dried.
Author
Publisher
Peter Pauper Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the 1800s a migrant farmer named Maria Ann Smith worked as an apple orchardist. Her discovery of a new type of apple that never turned red, but was always green, tart, sweet, and perfect for a pie, was due part to a fluke of nature, and part to Maria's insight and determination. The beloved Granny Smith apple that we know today was named in her honor. This is her story"--
108) It might be an apple
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
It Might Be an Apple is a boisterous, philosophical shaggy dog story for young children and probably a few adults. The story follows a child's hilarious, wildly inventive train of thought through all the things an apple might be if it is not, in fact, an apple. Distrusting the apples convincing appearance, the child's imagination spirals upwards and outwards into a madcap fantasy world. Maybe it's a star from outer space with tiny aliens on board?...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Part scientific explanation, part biography, this nonfiction picture book explores the life of the fabled apple tree that inspired Newton's theory of Gravity-from a minor seed to a monumental icon that has inspired the world's greatest minds for over three and a half centuries"--
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