Wednesday, February 23, 2022

I Want an Apple: How My Body Works by David L. Harrison and David Catrow - OPTIONAL

I Want an Apple: How My Body Works by David L. Harrison, illustrated by David Catrow. PICTURE BOOK. Holiday House, 2021. $19. 9780823441044  

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) – OPTIONAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: LOW  

A young girl is hungry for an apple. She takes the reader (and the apple) on the journey from being found to being fed.  

Colorful illustrations are the highlight of this tale and were my students' favorite part. The author worked diligently to keep the writing short and meaningful, tied to a simple lesson of the body's biology while eating. The students were not equally diligent in their enjoyment of that story and ignored the point of the story. The only thing they remembered after a reading were the pictures they found funny.  

Mrs. V, and her third-grade students

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