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Johnny Appleseed by Kathy Jakobsen, Reeve Lindbergh

katie_berry's review against another edition

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5.0

A sweet poem about John Chapman, aka Johnny Appleseed. The illustrations are beautiful.

mrs_erven's review against another edition

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4.0

Sweet illustrations. Poem May feel awkward if your family is non-religious or anti-colonization.

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5.0

Very focused on the myth of the nature loving american mythic Johnny Appleseed, the illustrations are lovely and the poem charming to read. I like the vegan Johnny Appleseed refusing to harm any of God's creatures. Perfect autumnal read.

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4.0

Johnny Appleseed was a real person while his life has become legend. He was a bit like St Francis - he was very kind to animals. He was also on friendly terms with the Indians. The one thing we know he did barefoot or not in the snow was plant apple trees. This is a nice poem about his legend. The paintings are lovely in the book.

The nephew read this tonight and he said he wanted an apple after the book was over. I had to tell him we'd have one tomorrow. He gave it 5 stars.

I like that there is a fox on the cover with Johnny.
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