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How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
Illus. in full color. An apple pie is easy to make...if the market is open. But if the market is closed, the world becomes your grocery store. This deliciously silly recipe for apple pie takes readers around the globe to gather ingredients. First hop a steamboat to Italy for the finest semolina wheat. Then hitch a ride to England and hijack a cow for the freshest possible...more
Paperback, 40 pages
Published
September 9th 1996
by Dragonfly Books
(first published February 22nd 1994)
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4.5 stars. Okay, so I'm not sure why, but I loved this book!!! It is sooo cute! The illustrations are grand, and I love the idea of going all over the world to find ingredients for good ol' apple pie. I think I just really found the illustrations to my taste, and I love travel books, so this is perfect for me. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is probably overly-critical of me, but I wondered if the girl is paying for all the things she takes (um, just taking a cow from an English coun...more
How to Make Apple Pie and See the World follows a young girl in her quest to gather ingredients for a delicious apple pie. This book shows the diversity of the world as the young girl travels across the globe to gather wheat from Italy, eggs from France, cinnamon from Sri Lanka, milk from England, and sugar from Jamaica.
This book could be used to teach about the wonders of the world. As the girl travels from country to country, the class can too! Students can learn about the culture and cro...more
This book could be used to teach about the wonders of the world. As the girl travels from country to country, the class can too! Students can learn about the culture and cro...more
Delectable is the word for this whimsical flight of fancy around the world. It begins with a girl opening a cookbook, and the narrator states, "Making an apple pie is really easy. First, get all the ingredients at the market. Mix them well, bake and serve. Unless, of course, the market is closed." In that case, it's time for a steamship voyage to Europe for semolina wheat, a train ride to France for a chicken (which will lay a fresh egg upon arriving home), a boat trip to Sri Lanka for cinnamon...more
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman follows a determined young cook who, when she discovers the market is closed, travels to different parts of the world to get the ingredients to make apple pie.
Priceman's whimsical illustrations are in watercolor. Most are double page spreads. Appealing animals should attract readers (I loved seeing different cats). My favorite image is of Sri Lanka. Other fave images are steamship, wheat, train, boat, Banana boat, plantation, parach...more
Priceman's whimsical illustrations are in watercolor. Most are double page spreads. Appealing animals should attract readers (I loved seeing different cats). My favorite image is of Sri Lanka. Other fave images are steamship, wheat, train, boat, Banana boat, plantation, parach...more
The premise of this book is truly preposterous, but it works. A little girl wants to make an apple pie, but the store is closed and so she can't get the ingredients she needs - flour, eggs, milk, cinnamon, salt, sugar and apples. Instead of waiting for the store to open she decides to go on a whirlwind trip around the world collecting the ingredients she needs. It's basically a cleverly disguised mini-geography lesson for young children. And, as I said, it works. This is an engaging and enjoyabl...more
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Mar 07, 2011
Lisa Vegan
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
armchair travelers; kids who like to help bake/cook; fans of wonderful illustrations
Recommended to Lisa by:
Kathryn
The cover illustration seemed similar to the art style of Chagall, and I was expecting the inside illustrations to remind me of his work. They didn’t. But, I really loved them. The illustrations are very detailed and a great deal of fun. I particularly enjoyed the dogs, cats, birds, and wild animals, but “seeing the world” was enjoyable too, transport vehicles included.
The story is a delight. I’d have LOVED it when I was a kid. An apple pie is so easy to make: go to the store and get the ingredi...more
The story is a delight. I’d have LOVED it when I was a kid. An apple pie is so easy to make: go to the store and get the ingredi...more
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Our favorite Five In a Row book, so far! Today we made salt water so we can see the salt left after the water evaporates! Tomorrow we're going to the farmer's market to buy cinnamon (not ground) and sugar cane! After a visit to the N GA orchards, we'll be baking apple pie! No trip to Jamaica or France...alas
A young girl finds a recipe to make an apple pie. However, when she arrives at the market to get the ingredients, she discovers that it is closed. Traveling by various modes (steamship, train, airplane, etc.), she journeys to Italy, France, Sri Lanka, England, Jamaica, and Vermont to locate the necessary ingredients.
Once she arrives home, she quickly bakes the pie and invites her new friends to share the pie with her. Looking closely at the table, readers can see that her friends are the childre...more
Once she arrives home, she quickly bakes the pie and invites her new friends to share the pie with her. Looking closely at the table, readers can see that her friends are the childre...more
I really did want her to see more of the world. Many too many stops in different European countries. The page on cinnamon from Sri Lanka was wonderful, though. And it's cute. Get it from the library, don't buy it. Rough map and recipe included.
Re-read August 2012. Opinion hasn't changed. ;)
Re-read August 2012. Opinion hasn't changed. ;)
The premise of this book is silly, but it works. A little girl wants to make an apple pie, but the store is closed and so she can't get the ingredients she needs - flour, eggs, milk, cinnamon, salt, sugar and apples. Instead of waiting for the store to open she decides to go on a whirlwind trip around the world collecting the ingredients she needs. It's basically a cleverly disguised mini-geography lesson for young children. And, as I said, it works. This is an engaging and enjoyable little tale...more
Plot Summary:
A little girl wants to make an apple pie, but the grocery store is closed! She embarks on a journey across the world, stopping in different countries to pick up each ingredient to make the apple pie, which includes carrying a cow and chicken with her.
Personal Evaluation:
This sweet picture book has the happiest illustrations and a fun text that students would love to hear read aloud. It will give students an appreciation for where our food actually comes from – not just the grocery s...more
A little girl wants to make an apple pie, but the grocery store is closed! She embarks on a journey across the world, stopping in different countries to pick up each ingredient to make the apple pie, which includes carrying a cow and chicken with her.
Personal Evaluation:
This sweet picture book has the happiest illustrations and a fun text that students would love to hear read aloud. It will give students an appreciation for where our food actually comes from – not just the grocery s...more
Say you want to make an apple pie but the store is closed? What would you do? If you were the little girl in this book, you'd head off on a trip around the world to gather all the ingredients you need. Where do you get your flour? From superb semolina wheat in Italy, of course! Cinnamon? The bark of the kurundu tree in Sri Lanka! Funny text and illustrations make this a highly appealing book-- look for the cow and chicken in parachutes. A real apple pie recipe is at the end of the book.
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This is a cute little story about how to make an apple pie. The fun begins with how to gather the ingredients if the market is closed. The little girl packs a suitcase to begin her world travels to track down what she needs.
She takes a steamship to Europe to find semolina wheat in Italy, a hen in France (for the egg), a cow in England (milk), cinnamon in Sri Lanka, salt from the ocean, sugar from Jamaica, and apples from Vermont.
I use this book as an introduction to the seven continents and how...more
She takes a steamship to Europe to find semolina wheat in Italy, a hen in France (for the egg), a cow in England (milk), cinnamon in Sri Lanka, salt from the ocean, sugar from Jamaica, and apples from Vermont.
I use this book as an introduction to the seven continents and how...more
I love the logic of Priceman, it's priceless! So, if you would like to make a simple apple pie but your local market is closed...travel the world to find the best ingredients and then bake and enjoy your apple pie :).
The text is rhythmic, rich, and fun to read aloud while capturing the charm and culture of the places one must travel to find the best cinnamon, eggs, milk, etc. The very last page made me smile...
As much as I love this book, the illustrations didn't quite live up to the brilliance...more
The text is rhythmic, rich, and fun to read aloud while capturing the charm and culture of the places one must travel to find the best cinnamon, eggs, milk, etc. The very last page made me smile...
As much as I love this book, the illustrations didn't quite live up to the brilliance...more
Aug 25, 2012
Dolly
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
parents reading with their children
Shelves:
2012,
cooking-recipes,
english,
italy,
france-french,
ocean-seashore,
sri-lanka,
caribbean,
aviation,
new-england,
picture-book-club
As we followed the main character around the world on her adventure to get 'authentic' ingredients for her apple pie, I couldn't help thinking of the If You Give... series by Laura Joffe Numeroff. I think it was just the (mostly) logical progression of actions, one after another. In any case, this was an entertaining book to read aloud and we loved the humorous illustrations.
This story was selected as one of the books for the August 2012 - Traveling reads at the Picture-Book Club in the Childre...more
This story was selected as one of the books for the August 2012 - Traveling reads at the Picture-Book Club in the Childre...more
I own the book, but it's borrowed and lost.
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The girl in the story does not get the ingredients from the market near her home as it's closed.
Taking a hot air balloon, she sparked on a journey around the globe to gather all she needs to make a delicious apple pie.
The book ends with a recipe of how to make an apple pie. I like travel books and I enjoy looking at the illustrations. The girl is cheerful and I feel happy while reading her journey.
Easy to read, the story is a good introductio...more
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The girl in the story does not get the ingredients from the market near her home as it's closed.
Taking a hot air balloon, she sparked on a journey around the globe to gather all she needs to make a delicious apple pie.
The book ends with a recipe of how to make an apple pie. I like travel books and I enjoy looking at the illustrations. The girl is cheerful and I feel happy while reading her journey.
Easy to read, the story is a good introductio...more
This is a silly story about a little girl that wants to bake an apple pie, but there's a problem. The market is closed. The young girl decides she won't let this stop her and she goes on an adventure around the world to collect the ingredients she needs for the pie. This is a wonderfully illustrated book that incorporates social studies and math.
We read this book over and over again. We so enjoyed the beautiful illustrations and engaging storytelling as we made our way around the world. A year later, my kids still talk about this book, which we "rowed" with Five in a Row homeschool curriculum. There is much to explore and discover in this book and we liked every minute of it.
This was a fun and funny book. I also used this book for school purposes. The main character travels the world in order to gather ingredients for making an apple pie. This book is great for introducing the concept of cooking as a science and measurement to children, as well as the obvious social studies applications. Great book!
WONDERFUL BOOK! That incorporates so many different content areas. The girl in the story travels around the world (social studies), uses different mode of transportation (social studies), and there is a apple pie recipe in the back of the book (math). This book is exciting and fun and my class loved listening to be read it.
This is an excellent book for a read aloud for children of all ages. This books tell how simple ingredients we use in our everyday lives come from different places from around the world. Student can make predictions on the ingredient that will come from the different places used as the story goes along.
I really like this book because it reveals all the ingredients we use that come from all over the world. A student in my geography course made a lesson plan on this book. Her ideas were to give the students laminated world maps and washable markers to trace the routes that were taken. She also suggested making a sequence chain of the countries on index cards with pictures to have on the board. She then suggested that the students learn about the resources and work in small groups. Each group is...more
Ultimately this book is just cute! I found it in my 2nd grade placement and it has a different craft of writing that incorporates recipes, travel, and friendship! It is a great book for a fun laugh and can extend a lesson of writing your own recipe!
This is a really fun book about where to find all the ingredients to make Apple Pie. It is wonderfully illustrated and well written. Ty loves it and wants to make Apple Pie using the recipe they give on the back page.
This book is for second to third grease and would be a great addition to Patricia Polacco's Thundercake. It includes an apple pie recipe and maps for all the places the girl would need to travel to get the ingredients.
I am absolutely going to integrate this into my social studies classroom. Its a simple story that's first, fun, and second, teaches a great lesson on how our world is connected--especially through trade!
This was a fun book! A cute way to get in some geography. The older kids hung around while I read to the younger two, and everybody giggled at going around the world to get ingredients for an apple pie.
Love this book. I imagine making an apple pie with my boys and exploring a map together after reading this. Such a great opening for so many different conversations and experiences together.
Jul 26, 2011
Ingrid Morris
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Darling children's picture book that takes the reader on a quick tour of the world. It would make a great complement or jumping off point for teaching unit or homeschool study in geography.
always looking for books that have a cute activity linked to them. This one is full of geography while the little girl travels the world to get ingredients for her apple pie and a recipe at the end.
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Feb 22, 2011 12:46pm
Feb 22, 2011 12:47pm
I am fully expecting butter and milk and egg, yes.
Feb 22, 2011 12:55pm