Apples and Pumpkins [Hardcover]

Anne Rockwell (Author), Lizzy Rockwell (Illustrator)

Book Description

"When red and yellow leaves are on the trees," a little girl goes with her parents to a farm where they pick apples and choose "the best pumpkin of them all." Back home, she helps to carve a grinning jack-o'-lantern face on the big orange pumpkin, which guards their doorstep on halloween night while her mother hands out shiny red apples and she and her father go trick-or-treating with the neighborhood ghosts and goblins.

Bold, autumn-colored paintings and a simple but lively story capture a little girl's joy and satisfaction as she shares in the excitement of the fall season.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The combination of words and pictures is just right."

-- "Horn Book" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Anne Rockwell has written numerous books for children, including At the Beach and The First Snowfall, both illustrated by Harlow Rockwell. She lives in Old Greenwich, Connecticut.

Lizzy Rockwell, Anne's daughter, has illustrated several books written by her mother. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 24 pages
• Publisher: Aladdin; First US edition (September 30, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0027772705
• ISBN-13: 978-0027772708
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 9.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,410,914 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful seasonal story for young children!, October 21, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Apples and Pumpkins (Paperback)

My 4 year old class really enjoyed this story and the cooking activities we did as follow up. The illustration is beautiful and the prose is appealing to young ears.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for fall!, November 2, 2005

By 

Lori Gentry "library leader" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apples and Pumpkins (Hardcover)

I read the Big Book version of this with my primary classes, accompanied with the audio, and they really enjoyed it. It was a lot of fun just before Halloween. They liked the fall colors. It was pretty and colorful. It is not a "baby" book as it is classified, but is appropriate for kindergarten or first grade.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Family focused simple story about the Autumn Season, September 12, 2006

By 

christinemm - The Thinking Mother (Houston Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apples and Pumpkins (Paperback)

A simple story about things that a family can do in autumn. Depicts apple picking with the family at an apple farm, pumpkin picking, and carving a jack-o-lantern. The last three pages feature trick or treating with the children dressed as: pirate, ghost, queen and a devil.

This is a short story with illustrations going across both pages, bright colors, hand drawn.

This book has a low word count and is for very young children, from toddlers through age five or perhaps even six. This is perfect for use by Preschool, Kindergarten teachers and homeschoolers when the teacher wants to read books about the autumn season. Of course it is also good for parents to read to children.

I enjoyed that the book was family focused and about a family doing things together, versus just talking about apples and pumpkins.