Up, Up, Up! It's Apple-Picking Time

Up, Up, Up! It's Apple-Picking Time

From School Library JournalKindergarten-Grade 3-This book succeeds more at describing an experience than in telling a strong story. It's time to pick apples on Grandma and Grandpa's farm and then sell the fruit at the roadside stand. The family drinks in the apple aroma, "Apple smell is in the air-/apple perfume everywhere," and tastes the fruit, "The apple is cool and crunchy and sweet." Apples are described as big as softballs. At the end of the adventure, the family dances to old jazz records. The paper-collage, color illustrations highlight the warm and jovial interactions. The varying perspectives of the art nicely complement this sensory experience. A pleasant addition to harvest units and storytimes.Linda M. Kenton, San Rafael Public Library, CACopyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.Myles and his family go to his grandparents' apple ranch in California, where they have a wonderful time picking, sampling, and selling apples together.About the AuthorJody Fickes Shapiro makes regular visits to her family's California apple ranch and loves to pick, sell, and eat apples. She is the owner of Adventures for Kids, a bookstore for children in Ventura, California, where she lives.Kitty Harvill has illustrated picture books for children. Her artwork has also appeared in a line of note cards and prints. She munches apples in Maumelle, Arkansas, in the company of her four cats and parrot.