Granny Smith Was Not an Apple

by Sarah Glenn Fortson

Now a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

''Listen carefully. Do you hear a crunching sound? Peel back England's fog. You'll find Maria Ann Smith. A woman raised tough to the core.''

In the 1800s, a migrant farmer named Maria Ann Smith worked as an apple orchardist.Her discovery of a new type of apple that never turned red, but was always green, tart, sweet, and perfect for a pie, was due in part to a fluke of nature,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441339442
• ISBN13: 9781441339447
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Peter Pauper Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 11.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2