This book will work for toddlers but it will work for much older children too, and following up reading the book by baking an apple (or other fruit) pie will make the book even more fun, and educational too. AND, for vegan families, the only non-vegan ingredient is butter, so it’s incredibly easy to substitute Earth Balance spread and make this pie, and personally I’d use whole wheat pastry flour too, for the crust, although it still wouldn’t be that healthy a project: LOTS of sugar I guess that could be changed to another ingredient too, or possibly simply left out if sufficiently sweet apples are used! There’s a recipe for apple pie in the back.

The large pictures and text are suitable for young children. This is a wonderful book to show children how an apple tree can become an apple pie, and hopefully can become apples as well. After Zoes death on September 11, 2001, Tesss family is numbed by their personal tragedy. The story ends with a nice, warm apple pie being taken from the oven. I normally love collage art and I did enjoy these illustrations. I love books that show how food gets from tree (or ground) to table.

This is a great book for showing a year in the life of an apple tree, some robins, bees, the cycle of nature, and two young sisters who have that apple tree in their back yard. Describes an apple tree as it grows leaves and flowers and then produces its fruit, while in its branches robins make a nest, lay eggs, and raise a family.

The apple pie tree by zoe hall