Books About Apples
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Visiting the apple orchard is one of our favorite late summer/early fall activities. It truly starts to feel like the seasons are changing when the apples are ready to pick! Whenever we head out on any field trip, we read books to enrich our experience and learn more about where we’re going. Picture books are an especially fun way to introduce concepts to young kids, and even older kids (and adults) enjoy the beauty and simplicity of a picture book..
When we visited a local orchard for a tour, the guide explained the different stages apple trees go through over the seasons. He also explained the vital need for bees to pollinate the trees–or else, there are no apples! We learned a lot from our guide, but reading some books before going helped my kids ask some good questions.
We are sharing some of our favorite apple books below. If you have any to add to our list, please let us know!
Happy Reading (and apple picking)!
Our favorite apple books:
- Apples
- The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree
- How Do Apples Grow?
- Apples and Pumpkins
- The Berenstain Bears’ Harvest Festival
- The Apple Cookbook, 3rd Edition: 125 Freshly Picked Recipes
- Max & Mo Go Apple Picking
- Max’s Apples (Max and Ruby)
- Johnny Appleseed
- Fancy Nancy: Apples Galore! (I Can Read Level 1)
- Ten Red Apples
- Ten Apples Up On Top!
- The Giving Tree
You canĀ also make someĀ Crock-Pot Apple Butter.
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Stephanie says
August 12, 2015 at 10:51 AMThanks for sharing these reads- we’ll have to check them out!
Anne Campbell says
August 15, 2015 at 9:54 PMThanks for visiting, Stephanie!
Meagan says
August 12, 2015 at 4:31 PMThis is so cute and fun for kids! I love the apple theme that goes with the book. We really need to put this one on our list for our students to read. They would have a lot of fun with it.
Anne Campbell says
August 15, 2015 at 9:41 PMOh, thanks, Meagan! That made my day!
Bernadyn says
August 12, 2015 at 8:55 PMThis is a great list of books my kids would love to read. My son keeps asking for Apple pie so this would be perfect to go along with it. Pinning this!
Anne Campbell says
August 15, 2015 at 9:40 PMThanks, Bernadyn!
Melanje Pickett says
August 12, 2015 at 9:18 PMThank you for the recommendations! The apple butter looks yummy too!
Anne Campbell says
August 15, 2015 at 9:40 PMThanks so much, Melanie!
Megan says
August 13, 2015 at 12:10 PMThose are so fun! We are about to start a small (homeschool) pre-school program this fall, so these books will be perfect for our “A” week!
Anne Campbell says
August 15, 2015 at 10:16 PMThat sounds wonderful, Megan. We did a letter of the week theme when my kids were little. Fun!
L. E. Mastilock says
August 14, 2015 at 3:01 AMI can’t wait to go apple picking. We go every year to a local orchard and get more than we can carry. It could get interesting this year, now that we’re gluten free. Have to change up my famous pie crust. I’m sure I can still make it good with an alternative flour. mmmm
Anne Campbell says
August 15, 2015 at 9:38 PMI’ve seen some gluten free recipes on Pinterest using apples. Some of them sound good. Here’s a gluten free apple crisp that looks delicious: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/68117013090909813/
Heather says
August 14, 2015 at 3:28 PMSo excited for this list! I am doing theme months for our homeschool this year, and was planning on having “apples” as the theme for September. Yay!
Anne Campbell says
August 15, 2015 at 9:32 PMOh, good! I’m happy it will help. We’ll be doing a different theme with this link up each week, so stay tuned! I hope you’ll gather some helpful ideas. I love the idea of theme months for homeschool. I’ll bet your kids are having a blast!
Lisa/Syncopated Mama says
September 7, 2016 at 10:27 PMI used to camp up in the mountains of NC for Thanksgiving each year and had an apple orchard I’d hit each time – bringing back bags of all sorts of apples was the greatest! Hope you have a great week!
Anne Campbell says
September 7, 2016 at 10:45 PMI hope you have a wonderful week as well, Lisa. Thanks for sharing your wonderful memory! š