The Apple Tree: A Modern-Day Cherokee Story

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Roadrunner Press

Annotation: A little boy plants an apple seed, and as soon as it sprouts the boy can see the apple tree it is meant to be. But the l... more

Genre: [Foreign languages] [Realistic fiction] [Literature and language]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #216884

Format: Publisher's Hardcover

Publisher: Roadrunner Press

Edition Date: 2015 Release Date: 10/27/15

Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)

ISBN: 1-937054-03-9

ISBN 13: 978-1-937054-03-8

Dewey: 497

Dimensions: 24 cm

Subject Heading:
Apples. Juvenile fiction.
Fruit trees. Juvenile fiction.
Boys. Juvenile fiction.
Apples. Fiction.
Fruit trees. Fiction.
Boys. Fiction.

Language: Cherokee

Bilingual: Yes

Reviews:

Horn Book (Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2016)

After a note about the Cherokee syllabary, this lackluster story is told in English and Cherokee (translation not evaluated). A contemporary Cherokee boy plants an apple tree. The tree despairs of its lack of apples, so the boy ties a red apple to a branch. Eventually the tree produces yellow apples. The illustrations depict the tree skillfully enough, but the boy is awkwardly drawn.

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Horn Book (Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2016)

Reading Level: 2.0

Interest Level: P-2

A little boy plants an apple seed, and as soon as it sprouts the boy can see the apple tree it is meant to be. But the little apple tree isn't so sure. Young and impatient, the tree begins to doubt its calling, especially after apples fail to appear that first October. How can the little boy encourage the tree to give the seasons and years the time to work their magic?

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