The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Purmell, Ann

Apple Cider Making Days

32 pp. | Lerner/Millbrook | October, 2002 | Library ISBN 0-7613-2364-3 $$21.90

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Joanne Friar. This seasonal book tells how apples are made into cider on a family-run farm. Aunts, uncles, Grandpa, and grandkids all help in the process, which starts in the orchard and ends at the farm stand. Details in the art and (flatly told) story demonstrate how apples are sorted for eating or for cider and then explain the actual cider-pressing process. The autumnal palette gives a warm and welcoming tone to the topic. "Cider Lore" is appended.

Reviewer: Hilary Breed Van Dusen