October Books
Books About Apples
Hall, Zac, The Apple Pie Tree, Scholastic,
1996.
Colorful illustrations follow each season as an apple
tree grows leaves, fragrant blossoms and tiny green apples. Soon
the fruit is big, red and ready to be picked. It's time to make apple
pie. Includes an apple pie recipe on the last page.
Lipton, Eden Ross, and Mordicai Gerstein, Applesauce
Season, Roaring Brook, 2009.
Three generations of urban homebodies and apple lovers
take part in a seasonal rite that leads form farmer's market to stove
top to dining room table.
Priceman, Marjorie, How to Make an Apple Pie and
See the World, Knopf, 1996.
The reader is led around the world to gather the ingredients
for making apple pie. The recipe is included.
Wellington, Monica, Apple Farmer Annie, Dutton,
2001.
Annie, the apple farmer, saves her most beautiful apples
to sell fresh at the farmer's market in the city. She picks plenty
of sweet, crunchy apples and makes applesauce, apple cider and baked
apple treats.
Books About Pigs
Older, Jules, and Lyn Severance, Pig, Charlesbridge,
2004.
Information ranges from number of pigs in the world
and different breeds to fun trivia. Older's text is humorous and
material is often presented in the form of a question. Bright,
cheery illustrations depict pigs on farms in Indiana, in bamboo
forests in China, and even, in the case of the Vietnamese Potbelly,
on a boy's lap in a family home. Quirky drawings show a pig on
a motorcycle (or a pig on a Hog) and one in Denmark reading stories
by Hans Christian Andersen. The artist includes illustrated maps
of the regions of the world where these animals live.
More Children's Books about
Pigs
Books About Popcorn
DePaola, Tomie, The Popcorn Book, Holiday
House, 1984.
Landau, Elaine, Popcorn! Sagebrush, 2003.
Picture book for older children offers popcorn facts
and figures including the snack's Native American origins, the
invention of the popping machine, and the popularity of popcorn
during World War II, when sugar for other snack foods was in short
supply.
McCully, Emily Arnold, Popcorn at the Palace,
Browndeer, 1997.
When Olmsted Ferris learned that popcorn was unknown
in Europe, he took a shipment of it to London and obtained an audience
with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to demonstrate this wonder.
Victoria gave Olmsted a doll for his young daughter, which was
passed down through the family for generations. McCully tells the
story from the perspective of Olmsted's daughter, imagining that
the idea of exporting popcorn originated with her and having her
accompany her father to London and to Victoria's court.
Books About Pumpkins
Titherington, Jeanne, Pumpkin Pumpkin, Mulberry, 1990.
Jamie plants a pumpkin seed in the spring and, after watching it grow
all summer, carves a face in it for Halloween. But best of all, he
saves some seeds that he will plant again next spring.
Zagwyn, Deborah Tumey, The Pumpkin Blanket, Tricycle, 1997.
A little girl gives up her beloved quilt to save a pumpkin patch from
frost.
Farmer, Jacqueline, Pumpkins, Charlesbridge, 2004.
Facts, history, legend, and growing tips about one of the favorite
fruits of fall. In addition to instructions on pumpkin carving (and
safety) and seed toasting, the author includes the word for the berry
in other languages, a brief list of pumpkin world records, and recommended
readings and Web sites.
More Books About Pumpkins
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