Raw Food Made Easy or The Apple Pie Tree

Raw Food Made Easy: For One or Two People

Author: Jennifer Cornbleet

Well-known Chicago-based cooking instructor, Jennifer Cornbleet, shares her favorite no-cook recipes in smaller quantities ideal for one or two people. Essential time-saving tips and techniques, along with Jennifer's clear instructions, prove you don't have to toil in the kitchen in order to enjoy nutritious, delicious raw food.

Books about marketing: Gluten Free Gourmet or Marlene Kochs 375 Sensational Splenda Recipes

The Apple Pie Tree

Author: Zoe Hall

The changing seasons bring a tasty surprise in this bright picture book from the author/illustrator team of It's Pumpkin Time!. Two young sisters watch in fascination as their apple tree changes, from bare in winter to bursting with pink blossoms in spring, and as robins build a nest. When autumn comes, the small green apples have grown big enough for picking--and for pie! Full color.

Children's Literature

Two kids get to follow the cycle of an apple tree through the seasons. The importance of weather and of bees for pollination in the development of the fruit is highlighted. Kids will also enjoy seeing that the tree provides a home for a family of robins (a la the Joyce Kilmer poem "Trees"). The book ends with the fruit cooked into a mouth-watering apple pie. Delightful collage and paint illustrations are large enough to work in a storytime session. An endnote provides more information about pollination, as well as a recipe for apple pie.

School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 1-From bud to fruit, two children follow the cycle of an apple tree as it is nurtured through the seasons. The book incorporates the role of bees and the weather in the production of the fruit. Another use of the tree is shown, as a pair of robins build their nest and begin a family. The story ends with a nice, warm apple pie being taken from the oven. The large pictures and text are suitable for young children. The colorful, clear-cut illustrations use a paint and paper collage technique. An end note shows how bees pollinate the tree's flowers and offers a recipe for apple pie. Great for sharing with a group or one-on-one.-Kathy Mitchell, Gadsden Co. Public Library, Quincy, FL

Kirkus Reviews

A simple nature story about an apple tree in winter, spring, summer, and fall.

"My sister and I have a tree that grows the best part of apple pie. Can you guess what that is? Apples!" In winter, the tree is brown, but in spring, leaves grow and a robin nests in the branches. In the days that follow, buds, blossoms, bees, tiny apples, and mature fruit appear. In the final pages, the two girls (with help from adults) make and eat an apple pie. A recipe is included, as is information on how the bee pollinates the apple flower. Halpern uses soft greens, browns, and pinks in the cut- paper collages; careful shading, painting, and layering give the illustrations dimensionality, with the textured nest and marbled tree trunk especially effective. An appealing study for young children.