A Great Find!

I read Applesauce Season by Eden Ross Lipson to my students today. Applesauce Season is one of the books that I discovered at the library last week in my quest to acquire Fall and Thanksgiving books to model reading to my kids. And, you know, it really surprised me, but my kids loved this book! I know that most kids like applesauce, but my students were absolutely spellbound by this book. It's so charming. It is about a boy whose family has the tradition of making applesauce every fall. The book details the trips they make to the farmers market(they live in the city), the names of the different types of apples they buy(Macintosh, Northern Spy, Paula Red, Winesap to name a few--who knew there were so many?), how they make the applesauce(slice them, boil them, grind them, sprinkle them with Cinnamon sugar), and the things that they eat it with(ice cream, cottage cheese, roast, and pie). It even has a recipe for making applesauce on the very last page. It was amazing to me that my students listened with rapt attention to this book. They have liked this book about Fall the very best out of all the ones I've read this week. When I become a teacher with my own classroom, I want this book to be a staple in my classroom library. I can already think of so many activities to do with this book. I Googled Eden Ross Lipson and discovered that she passed away of pancreatic cancer on May 12, 2009. Just this year. She was a children's book editor for the New York Times Book Review from 1984-2005. If you ever get the chance, read this book. I know you will be as enchanted and captivated as my students and I were today.