Autumn Is for Apples

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Illustrated by Denise & Fernando
Apples are my favorite snack–
all juicy, red, and round.
I love how every tasty bite
comes with a crunchy sound.


Sparse rhyming text details a child’s impressions of a trip to go apple-picking, from the morning flapjacks to the last juicy bite of apple.
Michelle Knudsen is a New York Times–bestselling author of more than forty-five books for young readers. Her best-known publication to date is the award-winning picture book Library Lion, which has been translated into more than ten languages and was selected by Time magazine as one of the 100 Best Children's Books of All Time. She is also the author of the young adult novel Evil Librarian, which was awarded the 2015 Sid Fleischman Award for Humor. Knudsen lives in Brooklyn, New York. View titles by Michelle Knudsen

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Apples are my favorite snack–
all juicy, red, and round.
I love how every tasty bite
comes with a crunchy sound.


Sparse rhyming text details a child’s impressions of a trip to go apple-picking, from the morning flapjacks to the last juicy bite of apple.

Author

Michelle Knudsen is a New York Times–bestselling author of more than forty-five books for young readers. Her best-known publication to date is the award-winning picture book Library Lion, which has been translated into more than ten languages and was selected by Time magazine as one of the 100 Best Children's Books of All Time. She is also the author of the young adult novel Evil Librarian, which was awarded the 2015 Sid Fleischman Award for Humor. Knudsen lives in Brooklyn, New York. View titles by Michelle Knudsen

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