Applesauce Season, by Eden Ross Lipson and illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein
This book has been on high rotation since it came into our lives (thank you, generous extended family). It is less plot driven than some of our other books. Instead, this story is told by a little boy who lives in the city. His family has a weekly tradition - perpetuated by his spunky grandmother, of course - of making applesauce during applesauce season.
This book has been on high rotation since it came into our lives (thank you, generous extended family). It is less plot driven than some of our other books. Instead, this story is told by a little boy who lives in the city. His family has a weekly tradition - perpetuated by his spunky grandmother, of course - of making applesauce during applesauce season.
Three things about this book appeal to me: (1) the narrator is a cute city kid; (2) it underscores the value of family traditions; and (3) the subtext suggests eating local is eating right. The family gets their apples at the local farmers' market, and they make their applesauce according to the apples that are available each week.
So, for the locavores out there, you will enjoy reading this book with your little one(s) as a way of instilling and reinforcing your locavoracious values. For the rest of you, I imagine you will also enjoy reading this book simply because it is about a little boy joining a family tradition.
(N.B. The illustration of their farmers' market bears a striking resemblance to the green market in Union Square except that there appears to be room to run in the illustration. My experience at the Union Square Saturday Morning Food Hooplah has taught me to be patient because there is no room for turning around, let alone running.)
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