Applesauce Season
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A taste of fall: Celebrated editor Eden Lipson and Caldecott Medal winner Mordicai Gerstein celebrate a fall family ritual in Applesauce Season, a picture book rich with the colors and flavors of the season.
When the first apples of the season--Ida Red and Paula Red, Twenty Ounce, McIntosh, and Ginger Gold--show up in the city markets, it's time to take out the big pot and make applesauce. A lovingly recounted description of a family's applesauce-making ritual describes the buying, peeling, cooking and stirring; the wait for the sauce to cool and the first taste.
Mordicai Gerstein's paintings are full of the colors and flavors of the season: red apples, orange leaves, blue skies. Here's a lovely picture book celebrating an American family tradition.
Eden Ross Lipson
Eden Ross Lipson was children's book editor of The New York Times Book Review until 2005, and is the author of the authoritative New York Times Parent's Guide to the Best Books for Children.
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Reviews for Applesauce Season
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A young boy narrates the tale of his urban family and their autumn tradition of applesauce making in this appealing picture-book, which features three generations who all get in on the act. Beginning when school opens, and apples become available at the farmers' market, the boy and his grandmother go shopping, hauling home six pounds of the fruit, and as many more for "eating out of hand." Then the applesauce-making begins in earnest, using all different kinds of apples - MacIntosh, Macoun, Ida Red - and drawing in all the members of the family.A celebration of family traditions and gatherings, Applesauce Season is a lovely autumn-themed tale, one of the few such titles I have encountered that is set in the city, rather in more rural environments. Lipson's narrative is engaging, and Moedicai Gerstein's illustrations appealing - for some reason, I particularly liked the thick red glasses worn by the boy and his grandmother! I rather wish I had waited for the fall to read this, as it has such a feeling of the season! Recommended to young apple-lovers, and to children looking for autumn stories.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This book would be great to read in the fall. The story is about the traditions that the family has making applesauce during harvest season. Family traditions that have created lasting memories on the young boy who carried on the traditions as an adult. This is a great book that combines information with a great story.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Have you ever sat through a really boring story told by a really boring person, and you thought, "Maybe, at least, at the end of this, there will be something interesting," then there isn't a cool twist or worthwhile insight? That's this book all over, friends. I sniffed out that this was another celeb writer offering, though Booklist, SLJ, Horn, and Kirkus all crowed about the excellence of this snore fest, which is the baby of a now-deceased New York Times children's book editor. Yes, I like the matte quality of the illustrations, but matte does not a tale make.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Genre: Fiction/Informational This is a good example of informational/fiction because it is a fun little story of a sweet family, who is not real, but shows a functional family working together as a team to create memories and amazing applesauce. The applesauce part is the informational part of book because by the end of the book you could make your own applesauce with out even a recipe. For easy access the author printed the recipe to make your own homemade applesauce on the back so you will not need to flip through the book to figure out how to make it like they do. Art Media: Crayons pen, and possibly water colors were used. The illustrator is my author for my author study but he did not right the book just illustrated. Mordicai Gerstein's style was very appropriate for this book because he uses bright fall colors and protrays the unity of the family.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An absolutely delightful book! The illustrations are vibrant. The text flows easily. The story is simple but beautiful. There's a subtle message about eating with the seasons, about eating locally, that comes through, too.