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okiecozyreader's review
4.0
Peter and Faith know when the apples start falling that it’s applesauce weather and Uncle Arthur will be here.
Throughout their own stories and questions, the love story between Uncle Arthur and Aunt Lucy is told with beautifully illustrated pages. Through her words you see his love for making up stories and sharing them with children.
Throughout their own stories and questions, the love story between Uncle Arthur and Aunt Lucy is told with beautifully illustrated pages. Through her words you see his love for making up stories and sharing them with children.
kslhersam's review
4.0
Jane and Isaac both read this one on their own, so I needed to read it too. It's a quick story written in poetic verse. The poems tell a sweet story about an apple tree blooming and how the family comes together each year. It made me want to plant apple trees and make applesauce.
maidmarianlib's review against another edition
3.0
Lovely story about an intergenerational friendship. The poetry brings a lot of emotion.
mrskatiefitz's review
4.0
Siblings Faith and Peter anticipate apple season every year because it's when their Uncle Arthur comes to visit and tell them stories about his missing finger. This year, though, no one in the family is sure Uncle Arthur will come because his wife, Aunt Lucy, has died, and he has never come to visit alone. When Arthur does show up, the kids feel uncertain as they try to figure out how to act around a person who is grieving. This gentle novel in verse is very reminiscent of the emotionally charged intergenerational novels by Patricia MacLachlan. Like MacLachlan's books about elderly relatives (Grandfather's Dance, Kindred Souls, and The Truth of Me), Frost's Applesauce Weather includes beautiful descriptions and gentle humor. The book helps kids process the death of a loved one at a bit of a distance from the event itself, which can be useful for kids who have never experience a loss, and it also really helps kids develop empathy for someone who is grieving and encourages them to show their love and kindness toward those in mourning. It is a quieter, more introspective book, but very relatable for elementary readers who don't mind taking a story more slowly.
notbanana's review against another edition
4.0
A sweet, quick read written in verse. Themes of family, memories, and tall tales.
cat1122's review against another edition
5.0
A sweet story of stories that will tug at the heartstrings. Written in verse format and from the perspectives of each character, this is just a beautiful story of loss, love, and tradition.
themaddiest's review against another edition
3.0
Perfectly serviceable verse novel about grief and traditions and moving on, but I feel like I'll forget it as soon as a day passes. Perhaps it just wasn't for me? It felt antiquated already.
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