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Apples

Explains how apples were brought to America, how they grow, their traditional uses and cultural significance, and some of the varieties grown.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gibbons, Gail
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Holiday House, c2000.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Apples > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:	Explains how apples were brought to America, how they grow, their traditional uses and cultural significance, and some of the varieties grown.
Physical Description:	[30] p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN:	0823414973
Author Notes:	Gail Gibbons was born in 1944 in Oak Park, Illinois. She received a degree in graphic design from the University of Illinois. She got a job doing artwork for television shows in New York City. She was eventually offered a job creating art for a children's show, where some of the children asked her if she had ever considered doing a children's books. Her first book, Willy and His Wheel Wagon, was published in 1975. Since then she has written and illustrated more than 170 non-fiction books for children including Nature's Green Umbrella: Tropical Rain Forests. (Bowker Author Biography)