Apple Farmer Annie

by Monica Wellington, Monica Wellington (Illustrator)

Overview

Apple cider, applesauce, apple muffins, cakes, and pies! Annie is a very busy apple farmer. She bakes yummy treats with the apples she picks and saves her best apples to sell at the market. Follow Annie through her apple-filled day of picking, counting, sorting, baking, and selling, and then try making some of her simple apple recipes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780142401248
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	08/19/2004
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	196,268
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Monica Wellington was born in London and lived in Switzerland and Germany as a child. She has written and illustrated many books for young children, including Mr. Cookie Baker and Apple Farmer Annie. She now lives in New York City, where she teaches at the School of Visual Arts.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Charming and cheery, Wellington's story makes a great read-aloud."

Editorial Reviews

"Charming and cheery, Wellington's story makes a great read-aloud."

From the Publisher

PreS-Gr 2-Each autumn, Annie picks her apples, and sorts and organizes them. Some she turns into applesauce, apple muffins, apple cake (recipes included), and cider. The best she saves to sell at the market. Happily, she sells everything and returns home to rest, read, and, of course, eat an apple. Charming and cheery, her story makes a great read-aloud. The illustrations seem to step right out of a coloring book with simple shapes, objects, and bright, crayon-box colors. Left-hand pages contain text framed by objects that reinforce the words; more detailed, full-page illustrations appear on the right. For example, road signs surround the sentence explaining that Annie drives to the city; the accompanying picture shows a bridge with a city skyline in the background. Cooking utensils surround the sentences describing how she makes applesauce and muffins, while on the right is an illustration of the young woman in the kitchen. All in all, this is a tasty complement to Zoe Hall's The Apple Pie Tree (Scholastic, 1996) and Anne Rockwell's Apples and Pumpkins (S & S, 1989).-Pamela K. Bomboy, Chesterfield County Public Schools, VA Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

School Library Journal

Annie owns and tends her own small apple orchard in this visually robust salute to a favorite fruit. Although constantly accompanied by her cheerful-looking dog and cat, Annie does all the work herself. She picks the ripe apples, then she sorts them by variety. In the next several pages, readers learn many of the tasty treats that can be derived from apples as she makes sweet cider, smooth applesauce, muffins, pies, and cakes. She saves the best-looking apples to take to the farmers market in the city. There, she sells the round beauties as well as some of the delicacies she has made from them. This is certainly not the most plot-driven story, but it has much to offer both the eyes and the mind. Wellington, perhaps best known for All My Little Ducklings, has outdone herself with the bursting, ripe brightness of her illustrations. The apples look good enough to eat. Many of the pages contain a little something to challenge young minds. There is sorting and counting, object-naming, sign identification, even a little money-counting. For the family that has become a bit hungry while reading, Wellington closes with a few recipes from the tantalizing goodies named in the story. Sweet and crisp. (Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews