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Apple Farmer Annie
by Monica Wellington
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Annie the apple farmer saves her most beautiful apples to sell fresh at the farmers' market.

Children's Literature
One of the true delights in fall is to enjoy fresh delicious apples right from the tree. Young children will follow Annie as she harvests her apples and also uses them to make a variety of tasty items such as apple cider, applesauce, muffins, cakes and pies. Annie takes her apples and apple products to "The Big Apple" where she is part of a farmers market. Her produce, pies and the rest, are a big hit, and Annie sells it all. She then heads back home to share a contented evening with her cat and dog. Wellington has added information and lessons in many of the bright cheery pictures. One has apples arranged in groups from one to ten and that same arrangement is reproduced on the back cover, which provides an opportunity to practice counting;another page lists apple varieties. The beginning and end pages show fresh whole apples in the front and kids enjoying all the apples and apple products on the concluding page. The author has also provided recipes for applesauce, apple muffins and applesauce cake—all of which will require adult supervision and involvement. 2001, Dutton, $14.99. Ages 4 to 8. Reviewer:Marilyn Courtot