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Apples to Oregon: Being the Slightly True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries a Bound for Schoo Edition
Contributor(s): Hopkinson, Deborah (Author)

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ISBN: 0606373705 ISBN-13: 9780606373708
Publisher: Turtleback Books

OUR PRICE: $15.98

Binding Type: Prebound - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2008
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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories

Dewey: E

Age Level: 5-8

Grade Level: Kindergarten-3

Lexile Measure: 840(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.4" H x 11" W x 8.4" L (0.85 lbs) 40 pages

Themes:
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.

Features: Ikids

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 81197
Reading Level: 4.1 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5

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Publisher Description:
Apples, ho
When Papa decides to pull up roots and move from Iowa to Oregon, he can't bear to leave his precious apple trees behind. Or his peaches, plums, grapes, cherries, and pears. Oh, and he takes his family along too. But the trail is cruel -- first there's a river to cross that's wider than Texas...and then there are hailstones as big as plums...and there's even a drought, sure to crisp the cherries. Those poor pippins Luckily Delicious (the nonedible apple of Daddy's eye) is strong -- as young 'uns raised on apples "are" -- and won't let anything stop her father's darling saps from tasting the sweet Oregon soil.
Here's a hilarious tall tale -- from the team that brought you "Fannie in the Kitchen" -- that's loosely based on the life of a real fruiting pioneer.
Apple Facts
More than 7,500 varieties of apples are grown throughout the world.
About 2,500 varieties grow in the United States.
The apple variety Delicious is the most widely grown in the United States.
Apples are part of the rose family.
The science of fruit growing is called pomology.
Fresh apples float. That's because 25 percent of their volume is air.
Cut an apple in half, across the core, and you'll see a star shape.
It takes apple trees four to five years to produce their first fruit.
It takes about thirty-six apples to make one gallon of apple cider.

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