![]() Soon the fruit is big, red, and ready to be picked. The changing seasons bring a tasty surprise in this bright picture book from the author/illustrator team of. This book will work for toddlers but it will work for much older children too, and following up reading the book by baking an apple (or other fruit) pie will make the book even more fun, and educational too. We have a special tree in our yard - an apple pie tree Colorful collage illustrations follow each season as an apple tree grows leaves, fragrant blossoms, and tiny green apples. ![]() AND, for vegan families, the only non-vegan ingredient is butter, so it’s incredibly easy to substitute Earth Balance spread and make this pie, and personally I’d use whole wheat pastry flour too, for the crust, although it still wouldn’t be that healthy a project: LOTS of sugar I guess that could be changed to another ingredient too, or possibly simply left out if sufficiently sweet apples are used! There’s a recipe for apple pie in the back. This is a wonderful book to show children how an apple tree can become an apple pie, and hopefully can become apples as well. I normally love collage art and I did enjoy these illustrations. ![]() I love books that show how food gets from tree (or ground) to table. ![]() This is a great book for showing a year in the life of an apple tree, some robins, bees, the cycle of nature, and two young sisters who have that apple tree in their back yard. Finally, in autumn, the girls pick the ripe apples and help their mother and father bake a delicious apple pie.At storys end, author Zoe Hall has included. ![]()
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