The Story
Farah feels alone, even when surrounded by her classmates. She listens and nods but doesn't speak. It's hard being the new kid in school, especially when you're from another country and don't know the language. Then, on a field trip to an apple orchard, Farah discovers there are lots of things that sound the same as they did at home, from dogs crunching their food to the ripple of friendly laughter. As she helps the class make apple cider, Farah connects with the other students and begins to feel that she belongs.
Ted Lewin's gorgeous sun-drenched paintings and Eve Bunting's sensitive text immediately put the reader into another child's shoes in this timely story of a young Muslim immigrant.Author: Eve Bunting
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 06/01/2006
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Library Binding
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 11.31h x 9.45w x 0.34d
ISBN: 9780618434770
Audience: Ages 4-8
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.6
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 106497 / One Green Apple
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 06/01/2006 pg. 569
School Library Journal 06/01/2006 pg. 107
Booklist 06/01/2006 pg. 74
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2006 pg. 294 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Christian Home & School 11/01/2006 pg. 31
Multicultural Review 12/01/2006 pg. 81
Library Journal 08/14/2006
About the Author
Bunting, Eve: -
EVE BUNTING has writtenover two hundredbooks for children, including the Caldecott Medal-winning Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz, The Wall, Fly Away Home, and Train to Somewhere. She lives in Southern California.
Lewin, Ted: -Ted Lewin grew up in Buffalo, New York, with two brothers, one sister, two parents, a lion, an iguana, and a chimpanzee. He became interested in art as a young boy when he would draw his brothers' world of wrestling. Ted later worked as a professional wrestler to finance his studies at the Pratt Institute of Fine Arts, where he met his wife, Betsy Lewin, also a children's book writer and illustrator. He and his wife travel around the world to research the settings for their books. While working on Sacred River, which he both wrote and illustrated, Ted joined thousands of Hindus on their pilgrimage to the banks of the Ganges River in Benares, India. Ted now lives and works in the brownstone he shares with his wife and their two cats in Brooklyn, New York. For more information visit tedlewin.com.
Bunting, Eve: -Eve Bunting was the beloved, award-winning author of more than two hundred and fifty books for young people, including the Caldecott Medal-winning Smoky Night.
Description
Farah feels alone, even when surrounded by her classmates. She listens and nods but doesn't speak. It's hard being the new kid in school, especially when you're from another country and don't know the language. Then, on a field trip to an apple orchard, Farah discovers there are lots of things that sound the same as they did at home, from dogs crunching their food to the ripple of friendly laughter. As she helps the class make apple cider, Farah connects with the other students and begins to feel that she belongs.
Ted Lewin's gorgeous sun-drenched paintings and Eve Bunting's sensitive text immediately put the reader into another child's shoes in this timely story of a young Muslim immigrant.Author: Eve Bunting
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 06/01/2006
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Library Binding
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 11.31h x 9.45w x 0.34d
ISBN: 9780618434770
Audience: Ages 4-8
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.6
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 106497 / One Green Apple
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 06/01/2006 pg. 569
School Library Journal 06/01/2006 pg. 107
Booklist 06/01/2006 pg. 74
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2006 pg. 294 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Christian Home & School 11/01/2006 pg. 31
Multicultural Review 12/01/2006 pg. 81
Library Journal 08/14/2006
About the Author
Bunting, Eve: -
EVE BUNTING has writtenover two hundredbooks for children, including the Caldecott Medal-winning Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz, The Wall, Fly Away Home, and Train to Somewhere. She lives in Southern California.
Lewin, Ted: -Ted Lewin grew up in Buffalo, New York, with two brothers, one sister, two parents, a lion, an iguana, and a chimpanzee. He became interested in art as a young boy when he would draw his brothers' world of wrestling. Ted later worked as a professional wrestler to finance his studies at the Pratt Institute of Fine Arts, where he met his wife, Betsy Lewin, also a children's book writer and illustrator. He and his wife travel around the world to research the settings for their books. While working on Sacred River, which he both wrote and illustrated, Ted joined thousands of Hindus on their pilgrimage to the banks of the Ganges River in Benares, India. Ted now lives and works in the brownstone he shares with his wife and their two cats in Brooklyn, New York. For more information visit tedlewin.com.
Bunting, Eve: -Eve Bunting was the beloved, award-winning author of more than two hundred and fifty books for young people, including the Caldecott Medal-winning Smoky Night.
