APPLE BOOK LIST
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A few details about my list:
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Most of these books will be for children ages 4 - 12, however, there are a few books that older children may enjoy.
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For more fall fun, check out my master list of fall books!
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by Edward Hemingway
When Mac, an apple, meets Will, a worm, they become fast friends, teaching each other games and even finishing each other's sentences. But apples aren't supposed to like worms.
by David Harrison
Johnny Appleseed was an important historical figure, well known for planting apple orchards across the new frontier. But he was also a master storyteller!
by Theo LeSieg
This book teaches all about numbers, with a dose of signature Seuss charm. Kids will learn to count to ten--and want to start all over again!
by Joan Holub
Field trip today―to the apple farm! Count 20 name tags, 19 kids on the bus, and 18 miles to the farm.
by Pat Hutchins
Ten red apples hanging on a tree. Yippee, fiddle-dee-fee! But they are not there for long.
by Jodie Shepherd
This beautifully illustrated retelling shows how Johnny Appleseed bloomed from a young boy who loved the outdoors into the legendary man who spread apple trees all across the United States.
by Wade Zahares
Inviting rhymes and the antics of a boy and his pets promise a full day of fun for young readers as they pick out all the luscious fruits and vegetables in a colorful fall garden.
by Candice Ransom
A sister and brother celebrate autumn with a trip to a local apple orchard in this simple, rhyming Step 1 early reader.
by Monica Wellington
Apple cider, applesauce, apple muffins, cakes, and pies! Annie is a very busy apple farmer.
by Joan Holub
The perfect biography to "bite into" at the start of a new school year! Children are sure to be fascinated by the eccentric and legendary Johnny Appleseed, a man who is best known for bringing apple trees to the midwest.
by Beth Charles
It’s easy to make an apple pie, but what does it take to make the apples? Sophie is about to find out!
by Lisa Amstutz
Maria and her family visit an apple orchard and pick apples. Then it's time to turn the apples into applesauce!
by Michelle Knudsen
Apples are my favorite snack–all juicy, red, and round. I love how every tasty bite comes with a crunchy sound.
by Shirley Kurtz
A family works together to make enough applesauce to last through the coming winter. Includes directions for canning applesauce.
by Robin Koontz
Autumn is apple harvest time. Come along on a trip to the apple orchard. Find out how apples are picked and stored.
by Reeve Lindbergh
Rhymed text and illustrations relate the life of John Chapman, whose distribution of apple seeds and trees across the Midwest made him a legend and left a legacy still enjoyed today.
by Marjorie Priceman
An apple pie is easy to make...if the market is open. But if the market is closed, the world becomes your grocery store.
by Steven Kellogg
The story of Johnny Appleseed and his journey to spreading joy to others.
by Michele Slawson
In the rich, warm colors of autumn, here's a slice of American history as we watch Anna and her extended family help with the town's traditional fall apple harvest.
by Deborah Hopkinson
The slightly true narrative of how a brave pioneer father brought apples, pears, plums, grapes, and cherries (and children) across the plains.
by Lauren Thompson
These are the apples, juicy and red,
that went in the pie,
warm and sweet,
that Papa baked...
for guess who!
by Nienke Hichtum
An old woman wants to bake an apple cake. She has everything she needs, except apples. So she sets off to market, taking a basket of plums to trade along the way, just in case...
by Eden Lipson
When the first apples of the season--Ida Red and Paula Red, Twenty Ounce, McIntosh, and Ginger Gold--show up in the city markets, it's time to take out the big pot and make applesauce.
by Felecia Chernesky
Grab the wagon, it's a bright autumn day and the trees are full of ripe, red apples! There's an apple festival underway at the farm and lots of work to do making cider.
by Nikki McClure
This board book, featuring Nikki McClure’s signature papercuts, follows the journey of a bright red apple.
by Ann Purrell
Alex and Abigail join the whole family in processing and selling apples and apple cider at their grandfather's farm.
by Elisa Klevin
Lizzy loves the big apple tree in her yard more than anything. So when the first day of school comes, she picks a beautiful apple, turns it into a makeshift doll she names Susanna,
by Dawn Casey
In this simple rhyming story, a child says thank you for the gifts nature provides.
by Herman Parish
Amelia and Grandma made a perfect apple pie together, but someone ate it before they could get a slice. What will they do?
by Caroline Jayne Church
Little Apple Goat is ordinary in every way -- except for one. Instead of munching on oats or grass or laundry left on the line, she prefers to eat fruit from the orchard.