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Ten Red Apples [Hardcover]

Pat Hutchins
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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April 5, 2000 4 - 8 years290L (What's this?)

Ten red apples hanging on a tree. Yippee, fiddle-dee-fee! But they are not there for long. Horse, cow, donkey, pig, hen, and the other farm animals each eat one. "Save one for me," calls the farmer. But what about the farmer's wife?

Count on Pat Hutchins to solve the problem happily. And count the red apples before they are all gone!


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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Bold colors dominate Hutchins's (Titch) gouache paintings, framed in fire-engine red and featuring characters depicted as hinged wooden people and animals. The rhyming, sing-song text counts down from 10 as a succession of farm animals consume apples from a tree, beginning with a horse: "Ten red apples hanging on the tree./ Yippee, fiddle-dee-fee!/ Horse came and ate one,/ chomp, chomp, chomp./ Neigh, neigh, fiddle-dee-fee./ 'Horse!' cried the farmer./ 'Save some for me!' " For each verse, an animal takes its fruit, then moves to the right side of the spread, creating a cumulative visual effect. After the ninth animal helps itself to the tree's bounty, a sole apple remains for the farmer, but none for his wife, who hopes to bake a pie. In the closing spreads, the farmer spies another tree bearing 10 apples, setting youngsters up to start all over again. Hutchins's repetitive narrative, with its long vowel sounds coupled with crayon-bright toy characters, will invite audience participation and boost beginning readers' self-confidence. Ages 3-up.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2-A concept book that blends rhyming, counting, repetition, and animal sounds into a charming, folksy story. Hutchins's trademark wooden figures-including the farming couple from Changes, Changes (Macmillan, 1971)-populate this delightful tale in which a farmer watches his animals eat bright red apples from the tree. "'Horse!' cried the farmer. 'Save some for me!'" When there is just one apple left, he picks it ("Yippee, fiddle-dee-fee!"). Then along comes his wife, who finds "No red apples to bake in a pie. Fie, fie, fiddle-dee-fee!" The farmer saves the day when he finds another tree and they fill the basket with "More red apples hanging on a tree." The bouncy singsong text begs to be read aloud. The rhyme is easy and smooth, with a catchy refrain. An added surprise is the appearance of Rosie the hen from Rosie's Walk (Macmillan, 1968). The gouache paintings are bright and clear, and the palette includes many colors beyond the primary tones of red, blue, and yellow. There is a cheery border at the top and bottom of each page. The endpapers show the happy couple counting apples from 1 to 10 and back again. A delicious selection from a master of simplicity.
Beth Tegart, Oneida City Schools, NY
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

  • Age Range: 4 - 8 years
  • Hardcover: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Greenwillow Books (April 5, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0688167977
  • ISBN-13: 978-0688167974
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.4 x 10 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #347,475 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The repitition and the silly rhyme help youngsters learn to count and make the read-aloud extra fun. BookLovingMama  |  6 reviewers made a similar statement
Pat Hutchins is a terrific author and illustrator. Moira Warmerdam  |  3 reviewers made a similar statement
This is currently our son's (turns 3 next month) favorite book. LindseyT  |  2 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Ten Red Apples January 25, 2006
Format:Hardcover
Ten red apples hanging on a tree

Yippee, fiddle-dee-fee!

Horse came and ate one,

chomp, chomp, chomp.

Neigh, neigh, fiddle-dee-fee

"Horse!" cried the farmer.

"Save some for me!"

Languagewise, this is a lively, rhyming book and as you can see, those were the only basic words used throughout the story except of course, each page would have a different number and animal that came to eat the apple. Definitely great for your baby and toddlers especially if you read it in a sing song fashion. Not only the young child will learn about the numbers, but also the animal names and the sounds of the animals. And since some of the words are repeated page by page until there's no apple left, this book is great for shared reading between you and your child. As your child goes into kindergarten, it is time to whip up the book again and learn subtraction!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great for learning and interacting! September 20, 2009
Format:Hardcover
I use this book in my pre-kindergarten. The children love to hear the animal sounds and they are anxiously awaiting their part at the end of each page "Save some for me". The love being able to interact with the book. The story is very repetitive so it's easy to keep the children's attention.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK! September 17, 2001
Format:Hardcover
Great counting book for younger children ages 3-6. Apples are counted one by one and illustrations are good in that they are step by step and easy to understand for a young child.
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5.0 out of 5 stars great counting/addition story book February 15, 2013
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Story makes counting to ten fun and delicious! We use this book in the Fall when we have an apple theme.
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4.0 out of 5 stars repetive counting fun! November 18, 2011
By AlyG
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This classic by Pat Hutchins is a great book for interactive story telling. I have created a flannel board version of it and the children in my class love to retell it over and over again!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ten Red Apples October 27, 2008
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Pat Hutchins is a terrific author and illustrator. Her apple counting book has a rhyming touch to it, too. You can count on this author to choose a subject which has a lesson to it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Kids love it March 4, 2008
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I found this book so annoying when we first got it but my kids loved it. My 10 month old would find it anywhere and bring it to me to read over, and over, and over again. Now that they are older they still love it! I need to get another copy because ours is so tattered from all the wear.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Cute apple story February 22, 2008
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This is a very cute repedative book. That is perfect for a bed time story or a lesson on apples or farm animals in a preschool classroom. My students loved this book, the more I read it the more they we able to read it along with me, until they had the whole story memorized.
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