Illustrated by Karla GudeonBlue Apple Books, 2009
$16.99
32 pages (one flips up)
Rating: 5
Endpapers: small apples, bees, bluebirds, cores, leaves on a pale brown background
Oh-oh-oh. This is beautiful!
Simple. Thoughtful. G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S illustrations. A five through and through.
The story shows an apple being picked from a tree, trucked to market, bought at a farm stand, and eaten. It shows birds eating the apple core, leftover seeds being scattered and planted randomly. The seed germinates and sprouts - grows to a big tree (here we flip up the page to see it all) and sprouts beautiful pink blossoms. And then it's time to pick the fruit and watch the cycle begin again.
On the back jacket flap it shows another book by this writer and illustrator - Hanukkah Haiku!
It also states that Karla Gudeon's art is displayed in galleries around the U. S. I wonder where?
NOTE: A Great book to read to young kids each October before going apple picking!
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