Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson

A rollicking somewhat tall, somewhat true tale of a family who brought a whole bunch of trees from Iowa to Oregon.
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Resource: picture book, fiction
Time: 1847
Place: America

Main Character: Delicious
Age: elementary

Summary:
This book brought a smile to my face, it is such a delight to read.  The narrator, Delicious, tells the story of her family's move from Iowa to Oregon on the Oregon Trail with hundreds of fruit tree saplings.  The tale is told with great flourish and literary devices in abundance. My favorite sentence is describing the Platte River "It was wider than Texas, thicker than Momma's muskrat stew, and muddier than a cowboy's toenails." The somewhat tall tale is loosely based on the story of Henderson Luelling who took seven hundred fruit trees from Salem, Iowa to a town south of Portland, Oregon.  There is a map of the journey on the front and back cover pages.  It is illustrated in full color.

Potentially Objectionable Content:
none

Reading Level: grade K - 3
Lexile Measure: 840L
Guided Reading Level: M


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