Color photos fill this overview of the popular fruit, which describes apples' history, their nutritional benefits, and how they are grown, picked, and processed. Also includes an applesauce recipe, a glossary, and a recommended-reading list.
Follows a family as they welcome the fall season with a trip to an apple orchard, explains the life cycle of an apple from seed to the fall harvest, and describes ways people use apples in baking and to make apple cider.
A little girl's grandmother shows her how to make an apple doll the way her Indian grandmother used to; includes patterns and illustrated instructions.