About This Book:
Bobbi’s family loves apples! The only problem? They can’t agree on which type to grow! Gala? Granny Smith? McIntosh? When Bobbi discovers the solution – grafting – her family comes together to care for one very special tree. The result? Apples for all!
This children’s picture book, written and illustrated in the fun and colorful style of Mary Peterson, introduces young readers to the fascinating world of apples, apple trees, and the science of tree grafting.
Perfect for curious kids who love nature, gardening, and learning where food comes from, this STEM-aligned story makes a great classroom resource or gift for budding gardeners, scientists, and apple lovers! Filled with engaging facts about apples, tree grafting, and the heartwarming theme of compromise, APPLES FOR ALL! is not just a delightful read that will resonate with young readers, but also a valuable educational resource. Informational backmatter includes fun apple facts, an apple variety guide, and an applesauce recipe!
*Review Contributed By Karen Yingling, Staff Reviewer*
Food for Thought!
The pictures were clear, bright, and charming, and lent themselves well to the educational content. The text is easy to follow, and not overly long, so this could be a fun read aloud in the fall, when teachers like to look at books like Rustad and Enright’s Fall Apples, Brown and Nassner’s Secrets of the Apple Tree, Amstutz and Shipman’s Applesauce Day, Hall and Halpern’s The Apple Pie Tree, and Hutchins Ten Red Apples.
Now that many people don’t live near farms and don’t have family who run them, children have lost a lot of their agrarian knowledge. I had a student a few years ago who thought that strawberries grew on trees. Books like Apples for All serve a very important purpose in educating children about the food they eat. I’ll definitely be looking for other titles from Feeding Minds Press, which is run by the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture.
