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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
This is a lovely book.
I think part of the reason I love this book so much, is that like the child telling about making applesauce with his family, I was a city kid. I’ve read so many children’s picture books about children who farm, garden, live close to the land, but here’s the account of a family (based on the author’s childhood) who lives in the city, and get their apples from the farmers’ market, and then have a family tradition of making applesauce.
There’s an applesauce recipe (with optional quince which I found very interesting) in the back of the book. Personally, I find it weird that it’s not vegan and I like mine without sugar. Just apples, possibly with added cinnamon, but I love recipes in books and appreciated its inclusion.
I loved this account of a multi-generational family: 3 children (the boy telling the story and his 2 older sisters), their mother & father, their grandmother, with mention of their deceased grandfather. I enjoyed this family, how everybody pitches in with the cooking, how it shows how to make applesauce from the trip to the farmers’ market to buy apples to the eating of the applesauce and other foods made from it or eaten with it. I like how the end shows the boy grown up and with a family of his own. It’s a wonderful circle of life moment.
The illustrations are beautifully colored and full of detail. I especially liked the pictures of the family dogs, all the dogs, and the inside covers which show each family member and a variety of types of apple, but I thought all the pictures were all lovely.
I like how fruit (not just apples) are made to seem appealing to children. I can see families using this book as a springboard to start a new family tradition, and any family can make applesauce and make it a family project, including city dwelling families. Even if readers never make applesauce themselves, it’s interesting to read about, and this book might give them a hankering for eating apples in some form.
I loved learning about how to make applesauce. I’ve never made it. The author/the book’s fictional family use at least three varieties of apples, cook everything including the core and seeds, and there are other details about the process I never would have guessed. I know there are other ways to make applesauce because I’ve seen other recipes, most of them less complicated than the one in the book, but the book’s recipe is one where children could definitely help with making the applesauce.
I think part of the reason I love this book so much, is that like the child telling about making applesauce with his family, I was a city kid. I’ve read so many children’s picture books about children who farm, garden, live close to the land, but here’s the account of a family (based on the author’s childhood) who lives in the city, and get their apples from the farmers’ market, and then have a family tradition of making applesauce.
There’s an applesauce recipe (with optional quince which I found very interesting) in the back of the book. Personally, I find it weird that it’s not vegan and I like mine without sugar. Just apples, possibly with added cinnamon, but I love recipes in books and appreciated its inclusion.
I loved this account of a multi-generational family: 3 children (the boy telling the story and his 2 older sisters), their mother & father, their grandmother, with mention of their deceased grandfather. I enjoyed this family, how everybody pitches in with the cooking, how it shows how to make applesauce from the trip to the farmers’ market to buy apples to the eating of the applesauce and other foods made from it or eaten with it. I like how the end shows the boy grown up and with a family of his own. It’s a wonderful circle of life moment.
The illustrations are beautifully colored and full of detail. I especially liked the pictures of the family dogs, all the dogs, and the inside covers which show each family member and a variety of types of apple, but I thought all the pictures were all lovely.
I like how fruit (not just apples) are made to seem appealing to children. I can see families using this book as a springboard to start a new family tradition, and any family can make applesauce and make it a family project, including city dwelling families. Even if readers never make applesauce themselves, it’s interesting to read about, and this book might give them a hankering for eating apples in some form.
I loved learning about how to make applesauce. I’ve never made it. The author/the book’s fictional family use at least three varieties of apples, cook everything including the core and seeds, and there are other details about the process I never would have guessed. I know there are other ways to make applesauce because I’ve seen other recipes, most of them less complicated than the one in the book, but the book’s recipe is one where children could definitely help with making the applesauce.
Since I make applesauce every year, this book I loved. It shows illustrations of the many different kinds of apples and characters in the book. Oh, and there is a recipe at the end. Very good book.
Love the story - a delicious retelling of the family's applesauce making tradition. Not really a fan of the scratchy award winning illustrations.
Quiet and conversationally told, a boy and his family make applesauce together. Well-written, not sappy or overly sweet - and yes, now I'm hungry!
3.5 stars. It was a good read and gave a great recipe for applesauce. I liked how the applesauce changed through the season. The author must live in a state where apples are everywhere though, because that would be very expensive to maintain through out the season. But the boys enjoyed it and immediately asked to make applesauce!
I like Gerstein's illustrations and this is a sweet story. Lots of apple varieties shown on the endpages. Lead me to a "Apple variety or Dog Breed" activity. Pretty hilarious.