Little Apple: A Book of Thanks - Softcover

Weninger, Brigitte

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0735817812 ISBN 13: 9780735817814

Publisher: North-South Books, 2003

Synopsis

A little girl describes the life cycle of an apple, from a tiny seed to a luscious fruit, and gives thanks for this tiny miracle of nature, in a wonderful picture book filled with simple text and vibrant illustrations. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

Brigitte Weninger lives with her son in Kufstein, Austria, where she is a kindergarten teacher. Her books for North-South include Good-Bye, Daddy! and both picture books and board books featuring endearing little Davy.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-This slight picture book about the wonders and development of an apple has not made a good transition from German to English. The writing is stilted and misleading: the pip "wakes up" and is an apple tree in "a few years." The subtitle refers to a moral bit tacked onto the end of the text almost as an afterthought. It's too bad, because the illustrations are fresh and effective. They appear to be done in acrylic with torn-paper collage. Different kinds and colors of apples are beautifully and realistically rendered, as are the crows that come to nibble at them. Close-up cross-sections of the fruit are dramatic and informative. Animals, birds, and insects are shown as it appears and changes. There are so many other good picture books about apples, including Gail Gibbons's The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree (Harcourt, 1984), that this one is unnecessary.
Carolyn Jenks, First Parish Unitarian Church, Portland, ME
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: North-South Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0735817812
• ISBN 13: 9780735817814
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Moller Anne