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One Green Apple
by
Eve Bunting,
Ted Lewin
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 r...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
June 12th 2006
by Clarion Books
(first published 2006)
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"One Green Apple" by Eve Bunting tells the story of Middle Eastern student's attempts at understanding American social customs, language, and interpreting school experiences on a field trip. This book seems tailor made for the classroom. The drawings by Ted Lewin have water color soft brush sunny look to each page, but the depictions seem more intended to convey a reality to Farah, our protagonist's, experiences with her school peers.
Farah is on a school trip to pick apples, and we see how chil...more
Farah is on a school trip to pick apples, and we see how chil...more
"One Green Apple" is a warm and touching story about a little girl named Farah and her experiences as she makes a transition from her Muslim to America. It is the second day of school and Farah and her classmates take a trip to an apple farm. Farah speaks no English and feels alone. She is the only one that wears a dupatta. She is surprised that boys and girls can sit together in her new country. On the way to the farm, some of the students make Farah feel alone because they laugh at her. At the...more
The short story “One Green Apple” written by Eve Bunting is about a foreign girl who struggles in a new country that she has just moved to and doesn't understand English. In the new school when they take a trip she makes two new friends as they go pick apples to make apple cider and she is happy that she made those two new friends. I think this book is best suited for 1st and 2nd graders because at that age they need to learn to help people fit in with everyone else. A parent might choose this b...more
One green apple is a childrens book about a young girl who ia new to a country and goes to s new school but she is very shy. She feels like the outcast in her new school but after a field trip to a apple picking she makes friends and gets rid of her shyness.
I think this book is intended from grades 3rd-5th because it’s a childrens book and it may be easier for 3rd graders to read. It may also catch their attention more because it has a pictures. I think it’s also intended for 5th graders becaus...more
I think this book is intended from grades 3rd-5th because it’s a childrens book and it may be easier for 3rd graders to read. It may also catch their attention more because it has a pictures. I think it’s also intended for 5th graders becaus...more
One Green Apple is a children's book told from the point of view of a foreign little girl starting school in a new country with a whole new language. She expresses her feelings, by comparing herself to others, and how the second day of school changed her life.
I would personally recommend his book for Elementary Kids and up. It includes beautiful illustrations and a good meaning for children’s. I also encourage parents of children’s who are starting school in a whole new state. Especially if they...more
I would personally recommend his book for Elementary Kids and up. It includes beautiful illustrations and a good meaning for children’s. I also encourage parents of children’s who are starting school in a whole new state. Especially if they...more
As usual, I am a huge fan of Ted Lewin's watercolors. In this case, they are specific enough to show that the story is "real" but gentle enough to match Eve Bunting's vague omission of the name of Farah's home country in the text, giving the story a more universal air. I also that Lewin's illustration of Farah, likely painted in reference to a model in photograph, seems authentic, rather than a collection of stereotypes to convey the idea of a female Arabic child. Despite the lack of ink or penc...more
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 r...more Farah feels alone, even when surrounded by her classmates. She listens and nods but doesn’t speak. It’s hard being th...more
Age: 1st - 3rd grade
Season: Fall
"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...more
Season: Fall
"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...more
This book is a good read-aloud book for grades K-2 or would make a nice independent reader book. It is about a girl, Farrah, who does not speak English and moves to the United States with her family from another country. The class goes on a field trip to an apple orchard and Farrah feels like she the one green apple among all the red ones. A girl and a boy in her class befriends her even though she can't speak to them. The boy belches and Farrah is reminded that belches, laughs, and sneezes all...more
Farrah is a young Muslim girl who recently immigrated to the US. She doesn't speak any English and is a bit scared of her new surroundings and classmates. She wears a dupatta (head scarf), and feels like she sticks out. She is on a class fieldtrip to an orchard and first notices dogs, like her dog Haddis from back home, munching on old apples and this makes her happy. Everyone goes to pick an apple and she picks a small green apple, as it was different which is how she feels, while all the other...more
"One Green Apple" by Eve Bunting tells the story of Middle Eastern student's attempts at understanding American social customs, language, and interpreting school experiences on a field trip. This book seems tailor made for the classroom. The drawings by Ted Lewin have water color soft brush sunny look to each page, but the depictions seem more intended to convey a reality to Farah, our protagonist's, experiences with her school peers.
Farah is on a school trip to pick apples, and we see how chil...more
Farah is on a school trip to pick apples, and we see how chil...more
One Green Apple is about a girl named Farah from a foreign country that comes here for school. She happens to come on a field trip the first day of schol and feels different unlike any of the other students but afterwards discovers that shes not as different as she taught she was. I think this book is well suited for a 2nd grade class to read because it is to read and at that grade most kids come to school and come from families that were not born here. A parent might pick this book because it i...more
One Green Apple is about a girl named Farah, an immigrant to the country who does not speak English. The illustrations in this book are called sun-drenched paintings. In the story, Farah is attending her second day of school and the class is going on a field trip to an apple orchard. Farah is nervous about being new, not speaking the language, and experiences a general feeling of discomfort because she is not American. Farah wears a dupatta on her head and is not accustomed to boys and girls sit...more
"One Green Apple" is about a forgein girl named Farrah that moved to the United States and wants to fit in with some students at a fieldtrip. She didn't know how to speak their language, which is English, but she can understand them. She wanted to fit it so she wouldn't feel so different. Even though she couldn't understand them she knew they were being friendly, and wanted to accept her as a friend. I recommend this book to be a children's book because it has such a interesting story to it, it...more
The best part of this book is the lovely way the illustrations bring out a glow in the children's faces. As Farah, a new girl to America from the Middle East, attends her first field trip at her new school, she gradually begins to relate with the other children. My favorite illustration is on page 8 of Anna (an American) and Farah looking at each other and smiling. Anna points to herself and says her own name, and then she points to Farah and says Farah's name. This gentle and endearing moment i...more
The Green Apple is about a young Muslim immigrant’s experience in school, not knowing the language or the culture of the country. She is very shy and feels like she doesn’t belong there. She starts to notice that there are many sounds such as the dogs chewing; the laughter and the sneezes from the other students are also very similar to the ones from her country. Farah the main character went on a field trip where they made apple cider, but instead of putting a red apple in she put a green apple...more
Farah is a young, Muslim immigrant who struggles to understand the cultural and language barriers that separate her from her classmates. On the second day of her new school in her new country, the children are treated to a visit to an apple orchard. Farah notices the difference in dress (she wears a traditional dupatta that covers her hair onto her shoulders for modesty); some of her classmates are friendly, while others stare. Farah sees similarities within her new country that relates her back...more
Loved it, loved it! This story gives us a look inside a child from another country thoughts and feelings. In addition to this she has a langauage barrier and she is not sure how the other children feel about her. After some of the children open up to her she begins to feel less scared and engages in a juicing activity using the apples they picked. All of the apples picked by the children were red except for Farah's, her was green and the author uses this apple to symbolize differences. Loved it....more
This fictional narrative tells the story of Farah, a Muslim girl who is attending school in America for only the second day. Her class is going on a field trip to an apple orchard. Everyone picks a red apple except Farah who picks a green apple. Farah and the class discover that the green apple's juice blends into the cider just as nicely as the red apples' do. Farah decides maybe she will blend into the class just as nicely as her green apple blended into the cider made of red apples.
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One green apple is a kid’s book. This girl named Farah finds herself in a new school with new kid. she doesn’t understand their language .but ends up finds out that their all the same no matter what they speak or where there from .I believe this book is intended for a really young audience .from 3rd to 5th grades . because is a really fun story but it has a point to it .i think a parent would choose this book because is shoes a helpful message and shows little ones that you should respect and ge...more
I loved this book. A girl from the middle east moves to America and she doesn't know any English. She is baffled by how different everything is, and is very shy and timid at first. When her new class takes a field trip to an apple orchard, she is the only one who contributes a green apple to the class's apple cider. She comes to the conclusion that she may be different and stand out from the other kids, but soon enough she will learn English and be able to blend in with her new classmates and th...more
I thought this book was sweet, and dealt well with the issue of diversity in elementary classrooms. In this book, Farrah is unable to speak English and doesn't really seem to fit in with her peers at school. On a class field trip, she finds a green apple in a field of red ones, which becomes a metaphor for who she is. Later she befriends a boy, who although he is unable to talk with her, finds other ways to communicate.She soon feels like she fits in and mkes friends,. I think this is good for y...more
I keep coming back to this book because I love the way that Eve Bunting portrays this girl's experiences as the new girl in school. She feels isolated from the other kids because she does not speak English, but she does hear the name of her country mentioned and she picks up on the tone of their voices and her fellow students' friendliness or lack thereof. She wants to fit in but is very aware of the fact that she is the only student wearing a head scarf. This sense of separateness and longing t...more
In “One green apple” Bunting skillfully depicts the challenges of a Muslim immigrant girl Farah as a new kid in the classroom. She is incredibly observant and insightful as she adjusts to a new culture and environment. As she takes a field trip to an apple orchard and joins her classmates in the apple cider press activity, she finds similarities that remind her of her home country.
The main character Farah progresses throughout the story in her feelings and views about her past, present and futu...more
The main character Farah progresses throughout the story in her feelings and views about her past, present and futu...more
Oct 01, 2009
NS - Cami Houston
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Shelves:
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multicultural-literature
Simple, yet this book is moving, and able to reach deeply into the emotions and help one understand the small, fragile girl who feels tiny inside herself. Just arriving to this country, Farah wants to come outside of herself and connect, but she has several barriers. One; her dupatta causes her to stand out from her peers, and two; her language barriers keep her apart except for her classmate Anna, who reaches into Farah's frightened and tiny self to welcome her. Again, in this book the illustra...more
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In the story “One Green Apple” by Eve bunting is about Ferah student in a new country. I really enjoy this book because it shows that it’s not easy to make new friends when you can’t speak their language and the way they dress. Take me for an example I can relate to her because the fact that I couldn’t speak they language or understand what they say when I bearly came to the United States. So it’s not that easy to make friends at first but then we will. This particular book I would recommend thi...more
This fictional story talks about Farah, a Muslim immigrant who struggles to understand the cultural and language barriers that disconnect her from her classmates. This book shows the anxiety and frustrations faced by Farah as she feels lonely in her new school. She doesn’t speak English and dress differently from the other students (“My jeans and T-shirt look like theirs, but my dupatta covers my head and shoulders, I have not seen anyone else wearing a dupatta…”). The day’s activities at the ap...more
the plot of this book focuses on a student who's not only new to her school, but new to the U.S. as well. The student feels scared, alone,and insecure about her new home and struggles with making friends. It isn't until her class takes a field trip to the apple orchard that she realizes, maybe this new place isn't so bad after all. This story is perfect for teaching kids to branch out and try new things. No, everyone does not have the opportunity to move to new countries and start completely new...more
Audience:1st through 3rd Grade. New student in the class.
Appeal: A good introduction to Arab-Americans which is a growing innigrant group in the U.S. Very bright and colorful pictures. Story contains what is to me a sensitive text that deals with a youing arab girl who feels very alone because of a strange country and not knowing english. The moral is that there are always things to see and do that are similar to other cultures as well. When Farah helps make apple cider she begings to feel right...more
Appeal: A good introduction to Arab-Americans which is a growing innigrant group in the U.S. Very bright and colorful pictures. Story contains what is to me a sensitive text that deals with a youing arab girl who feels very alone because of a strange country and not knowing english. The moral is that there are always things to see and do that are similar to other cultures as well. When Farah helps make apple cider she begings to feel right...more
One Green Apple by Eve Bunting is a book about a girl named Farrah trying to fit in. She is coming here to the U.S but doesn't not speak or understand English. I think this book is best suited for 2nd graders. I think its suited for them because the book has good pictures and the text is easy to understand.A parent might choose this book because it can teach kids about life lessons that they will use later on. The theme of this book is to fit in. The thing I enjoyed the most from this book is th...more
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Eve Bunting is an author with more than 250 books. Her books are diverse in age groups, from picture books to chapter books, and topic, ranging from Thanksgiving to riots in Los Angeles. Eve Bunting has won several awards for her works.
Bunting went to school in Ireland and grew up with storytelling. In Ireland, “There used to be Shanachies… the shanachie was a storyteller who went from house to ho...more
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Bunting went to school in Ireland and grew up with storytelling. In Ireland, “There used to be Shanachies… the shanachie was a storyteller who went from house to ho...more
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