The Best Apple Books for Kids + Fun Learning Activities

The larger-than-life story of a true American hero, John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed.

In this Johnny Appleseed book rhymed text and illustrations relate the life of John Chapman, who spread apple seeds and trees across the Midwest.

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.

Similar to The House That Jack Built. A sweet repetitive rhythm will captivate children in a story about apple pie, from harvest to snack.

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World: An apple pie is easy to make…if the market is open. But if the market is closed, the world becomes your grocery store.

One Green Apple is about recent immigrant, Farah. On a field trip to an apple orchard, Farah discovers there are lots of things that sound the same as they did at home.

Apple cider, applesauce, apple muffins, cakes, and pies! Annie is a very busy apple farmer. She bakes yummy treats with the apples she picks and saves her best apples to sell at the market.

Apple Cake: A Gratitude: In this simple rhyming story, a child says thank you for the gifts nature provides, from hazelnuts in the hedge to apples from the tree, eggs from the hens to milk from the cow.

Did you know that a tree is the biggest plant that grows? How does a tree get the food it needs? What happens to trees in the winter? Read and find out about an apple tree's life cycle through every season.

This book about nature and the changing seasons focuses on a young boy and a very special apple tree. In Gail Gibbons’s bright illustrations, Arnold collects apple blossoms in spring, builds a tree house in summer, makes apple pie and cider in the fall, and hangs strings of popcorn for the birds in winter, among other seasonal activities.

Have you ever eaten part of a flower? You have if you have eaten an apple! Find out how an apple grows from bud to flower to fruit--ready for you to pick!

Apple trees grow in more parts of the world than any other fruit tree. From blossom to pollination to picking, here is information about how they grow, their various parts, and the different varieties. Instructions on how to plant and care for an apple tree are included.

Apples, Apples Everywhere!: Autumn is apple harvest time. Come along on a trip to the apple orchard. Find out how apples are picked and stored.

Apples: In this lively and vibrant book, young readers will learn how apples grow, from the planting of a tree, to the pollination of buds by bees, and on to the harvest.

Apple: This  book follows the journey of a bright red apple as it travels from tree to harvest to snack to compost and, finally, to sprout.

The Apple Pie Tree:Two young sisters follow the progress of their apple tree through the seasons, from a bare tree in the winter, through the pink blossoms of the spring, to the apple picking in the autumn.

The Apple Doll: Lizzy loves the big apple tree in her yard more than anything. So when the first day of school comes, she picks a beautiful apple, turns it into a makeshift doll she names Susanna, and takes it along to keep her company.

Rain Makes Applesauce: A story-hour favorite since it was first published in 1964, this beloved read-aloud has been carefully remastered to bring back the rich, vivid details of its Caldecott Honor-winning artwork.

Apple Picking Time:  A young girl and her family spend a fall day picking apples with others from their small town.

Orange Pear Apple Bear: Destined to become a contemporary classic, this book has spare text and sweet illustrations but contains only five words: apple, pear, orange, bear--and there.

Apples and Robins: In this extraordinary book, one thing transforms into another as each page turns—a circle becomes an apple, an oval becomes a bird, winter becomes spring.