How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World

by Marjorie Priceman

Book Overview

Bake a delicious apple pie--and take a trip with this culinary global adventure

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 picture book takes readers around the globe to gather ingredients for a delicious apple pie. 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 milk...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679880836
• ISBN13: 9780679880837
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Dragonfly Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

This is one of our favorites!

My four year old absolutely loves this story! I purchased this to go a along with our homeschool curriculum and we love the journey it takes us on to make an apple pie. It even includes a apple pie recipe at the end of the book! This is a classic book to add to your home library!

Delightful story about the World and Food!

"How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World" is a truly delightful book. A young lady attempts to make an apple pie only to discover that her neighborhood grocery store is closed. She then goes home packs a bag and takes her readers on a globe trotting journey to gather the necessary ingredients. She takes her readers to far corners of the globe to gather fresh spices, seawater to make salt, and always-fresh apples. This is a wonderful story to share with a young child. It will help to expose young children to global interest and how food arrives in their own homes. The book also includes a map to help readers find where they have been taken on their journey. A wonderful story for adults and children!

Hmmm Hmmm Good

My five year old, my wife, and I loved the story. The plot was zany enough to catch my child's attention. Good wholesome reading and eating. If you read it, make sure you have apple pie (and ice cream if you wish) ready.

or How To Inspire and Enlighten Children About the World!

A beautifully illustrated book that will provide entertainment as well as many learning opportunities as you travel the world in search of the ingredients necessary to bake an apple pie. Children learn that food does not come from the grocery store - it has to be grown, harvested, milled, and prepared before it arrives magically on the dinner table. Your children may come to a new appreciation for the things normally taken for granted, and learn valuable geography lessons in the process. Maps and suggestions for an apple tasting party are included. I love this book!

A fun way to learn and be entertained

This fun book teaches children that food doesn't just magically come from the grocery store - it has to be grown, gathered, or made by someone. As the girl in the story learns, food we use daily comes from all over the world. She learns a valuable geography lesson as well as she travels the world to gather the ingredients for making apple pie. With beautiful color illustrations, maps, and ideas for an apple tasting party, this book is a treasure.

very interesting and enlightening way of looking at a recipe

My 3-year old daughter was so captivated by this book that she regularly wants to "make an apple pie". Whenever we go to the beach, she is sure to fill her "jar" with salty seawater. And she tells others about the "kurundu tree" where cinnamon comes from. (This was new to me also!) Every time we go to the library, she asks the librarian herself if the Apple Pie book is in. I'm giving it to her for Christmas. She loves it!