Apples to Oregon : being the (slightly) true narrative of how a brave pioneer father brought apples, peaches, pears, plums, grapes, and cherries (and children) across the Plains / by Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrated by Nancy Carpenter.
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TextPublication details: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2004.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cmISBN: - 0689847696 (reinforced) :
- A Junior Library Guild selection.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Historical Events | Hopkinson, Deborah | Available | 33111003955701 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The slightly true narrative of how a brave pioneer father brought apples, pears, plums, grapes, and cherries (and children) across the plains.
Apples, ho!
When Papa decides to pull up roots and move from Iowa to Oregon, he can't bear to leave his precious apple trees behind. Or his peaches, plums, grapes, cherries, and pears. Oh, and he takes his family along too.
But the trail is cruel. First there's a river to cross that's wider than Texas, then there are hailstones as big as plums, and then there's even a drought, sure to crisp the cherries.
Luckily Delicious (the nonedible apple of Daddy's eye) won't let anything stop her father's darling saps from tasting the sweet Oregon soil. A hilarious tall tale from the team that brought you Fannie in the Kitchen that's loosely based on the life of a real fruiting pioneer.
A pioneer father transports his beloved fruit trees and his family to Oregon in the mid-nineteenth century. Based loosely on the life of Henderson Luelling.
Ages 2-5.
A Junior Library Guild selection.