Pub Date: June 1, 2006
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2005011378
Lexile Code: 0450
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 04 to 07
Physical Info: 0.30" H x 11.00" L x 9.30" W ( 0.90 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions and Feelings | Emigration Immigration and Refugees | School and Education | New Experience | Animals | Dogs | Readers | Beginner | Disability | Activity Books | Coloring | Diversity and Multicultural | Family | New Baby | Parents
Description: Farah is the the new kid in school. She's from another country and feels all alone. Then, on a field trip to an apple orchard, Farah makes a discovery. Gorgeous paintings and sensitive text put the reader into another child's shoes in this story of a young Muslim immigrant. Full color.
Brief description:
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.
Review Quotes:
"This poignant, attractive offering fills a growing need for picture books about contemporary immigrants of Arab descent."
"A story of contrasts, ONE GREEN APPLE...leaves the reader with...[Farah's] first step...on a journey of change." - BookPage
"[A] gentle story about being new and different, with the author delivering her message in her classically subtle style." - Kirkus Reviews
"Bright, sunny watercolors evoke the sensory joys of an orchard...the text conveys both Farah's initial trepidation and eventual pleasure." - Horn Book Magazine