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The Best Apple Read Alouds

August 25, 2019

The Best Apple Read Alouds

It’s no secret that I LOVE books. Throw in some apples and fall fun and you have some of my favorite types of books. I’m sharing with you today The Best Apple Read Alouds.

Apples are such a fun topic to learn about. There are so many fun activities that can be done alongside all of the books below.

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The Best Apple Read Alouds

The Best Apple Read Alouds

The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall

In this book, two young sisters follow the progress of their apple tree through the seasons, from a bare tree in the winter, through the pink blossoms of the spring, to the apple picking in the autumn.

We share a literacy snack idea and free printable to go along with The Apple Pie Tree here.

The Best Apple Read Alouds

How Do Apples Grow? by Betsy Maestro

This book is a great informative nonfiction book on how apples grow.

These life cycle hats from seed go perfectly with the above books as your little learners are learning all about how apples grow and their lifecycle.

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The Best Apple Read Alouds

Apples by Gail Gibbons

This is another great book for introducing nonfiction concepts. This book covers everything from pollination to picking and eating.

The Best Apple Read Alouds

Applesauce Day by Lisa Amstutz

This is a wonderful story about family traditions of picking apples to cooking applesauce in a pot their family has used for generations. Check out the our literacy snack idea and free printable to go along with the book here.

Making Applesauce In The Classroom

We share how to make applesauce in the classroom here if you’d like to make some too!

The Best Apple Read Alouds

Johnny Appleseed by Jodie Shepherd

This book tells all about how Johnny Appleseed grew from a young boy who loved the outdoors into the well-known man who planted apple trees all across the county. A great biography for little learners.

Here is a fun Johnny Appleseed craft with writing prompts to make to go along with the book too.

The Best Apple Read Alouds

Apple Trouble by Ragnhild Scamell

This is just a super cute book. Hedgehog has just finished building a cozy nest ready for winter when a juicy red apple falls from a tree and sticks in her spines on her back. And now Hedgehog can’t fit into her nest. Her friends try to help her remove it but she keeps getting more items stuck. 

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We share another fun literacy snack idea and free printable to go along with this book here.

The Best Apple Read Alouds

The Apple Orchard Riddle by Margaret McNamara

In this book, the students learn a lot about apples and apple orchards—including how apples are harvested, how cider is made, and what the different varieties of apples are—while trying to solve a riddle. The book also celebrates how some children learn differently than others. 

This fill in the blank How Does An Apple Grow book is a fun quick and easy way to review how an apple grows after reading some of the above stories.

The Best Apple Read Alouds

Amelia Bedelia’s First Apple Pie by Herman Parish

The illustrations are so bright and colorful in this book. In true to Amelia Bedelia fashion, she’s still up to her typical antics, mistaking Granny Smith for a person and thinking that a farmer’s market is a place to buy farmers. 

We share a literacy snack idea and free printable to go along with this book here.

The Best Apple Read Alouds

Ten Apple Up On Top! by Dr. Seuss

And last but definitely not least, we love Ten Apples Up On Top! Seuss’s apple-balancing characters will have your little learners reading, counting, and giggling!

Literacy Snack Apple Counting -Ten Apples Up On Top

We have to fun activities to go along with this book. We share our literacy snack idea and free printable to go along with the book here.

free printable apple counting

And a free printable apple counting activity to go along with the book here.

Do you have any other favorite apple read alouds that you would add?

See you next time!

Jenette

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