When the first apples of the season--Ida Red and Paula Red, Twenty Ounce, McIntosh, and Ginger Gold--show up in the city markets, it's time to take out the big pot and make applesauce. Eden Lispon's lovingly recounted description of a family's applesauce-making ritual describes the buying, peeling, cooking and stirring; the wait for the sauce to cool and the first taste. Mordicai Gerstein's paintings are full of the colors and flavors of the season: red apples, orange leaves, blue skies. Here's a lovely picture book celebrating an American family tradition.
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PreSchool-Grade 2—Urban meets bucolic in this charming family story that is narrated by a family's youngest child. "We live in the city. There are no apple trees, but there are farmer's markets where there are lots of apples." That's where the boy and his grandmother shop. They choose the fruit, wash it, cut it up, cook it, and finally run it through the food mill. Then comes the eating, "…plain, or with ice cream, or cottage cheese, or gingerbread, or cookies, or sliced bananas." This is not a long book but it's filled with enticing details. Even the names of the varieties are fun: Black Twig, King David, Northern Spy. A celebration of family ritual and slow foods, the story is in the best tradition of "show, don't tell." Gerstein's colorful paintings are edged with dynamic scratchy lines that convey a lively sense of movement. His sly humor is a perfect match for the straightforward narrative, which ends with a recipe and a glimpse into the boy's sunny future-full of apples, of course.—Lauralyn Persson, Wilmette Public Library, IL END
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“[A] smartly observed, warm-hearted tale . . . . Happily there is more than enough for seconds.” –The New York Times Book Review
“The angle of Dad's shoulders as he squeezes between everyone to reach in with his spoon is one of those brilliant details in a children's book that conveys the warmth of family.” —Newsday
“Exuberant watercolors follow along as a happy urban family buys, quarters, cooks, seasons, purees and savors the thick gooey stuff. Get out the food mill.” —The San Francisco Chronicle
“His [Gerstein’s] sly humor is a perfect match for the straightforward narrative, which ends with a recipe and a glimpse into the boy’s sunny future–full of apples, of course.” —School Library Journal
“The final page includes a detailed recipe and an illustration of the boy, now a dad, in the kitchen cutting apples with his daughter, sharing a smile.” —Horn Book
“In a crowded orchard of apple books, this one stands out.” —Kirkus Reviews
“A wonderful tribute to her [Eden Ross Lipson] considerable contributions and talents.” —Starred, Publishers Weekly
“A wonderful story of apples, applesauce and family traditions.” —Infodad.com
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By Yana V. Rodgers "econkids.rutgers.edu" (New Brunswick, NJ) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Applesauce Season (Hardcover)
What do you get when you combine access to farmers' markets with an old family tradition of slicing, cooking, and mashing? Different varieties of delicious applesauce, that's what. A young child's family is fortunate enough to indulge its taste for fresh apples in the city's various farmers' markets, where every few weeks the apples sold change in color and taste: MacIntosh, Macoun, Winesap, and Mutsu, to name just a few. Everyone in the family helps in some way in cooking up scrumptious batches of applesauce and dishes made with applesauce.
This engaging story offers an excellent opportunity to talk with young learners about some basic concepts in economics, including natural resources and markets. Particularly important is the role of farmers' markets in helping urban residents to meet their needs for fresh fruits and vegetables, a point emphasized in both the text and illustrations.
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A sweet recipe for family fun,
This review is from: Applesauce Season (Hardcover)
What a great lasting posthumous tribute to Ms. Lipson, the book's author. The family works together to make its annual batch of apple sauce in the city. A bespeckled boy heads to the farmers' market to get various types of apples. He helps his grandmother and family make the sauce. His mother cuts the apples in quarters, his grandmother in sixths, and thus traditions are passed down. The book includes a great recipe at the end, and the boy wonders if he will like sauce or pie when he grows older. Now, where can I get some winesaps and jonagolds and a food grinder?
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I love reading this book to my children. They love learning apple variety names. We now make applesauce regularly and the kids participate based on what they have learned in the book. A must have in any chilren's home library.
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