apples – Cannonball Read 17

Three and a half Golden Pippins!

At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier

April 11, 2025 by Singsonggirl Leave a Comment

Girl with a Pearl Earring is one of my favourite historical novels, it’s extremely well researched and although it’s completely fictional, it could very plausibly have happened as told. Remarkable Creatures falls into the same category, I loved it as well, so I was ready to read/listen to another novel by Tracy Chevalier and see what world she would bring to life this time. In At the Edge of the Orchard, the historical background is the colonization of the American West, the Gold Rush, and […]

No matter how they look, a sister is a sister

My Sister the Apple Tree by Jordan Scott, Jamal Saeed, and Zahra Marwan

March 14, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Diversity CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge My Sister the Apple Tree by Jordan Scott, Jamal Saeed, and Zahra Marwan is due this fall (September 2025). I was able to read it via an online reader copy. Now, I know I probably won’t be purchasing a finished copy for myself, but this book is a very contemporary themed picture book that is good for the older reader and should be read. A young child starts their story with the birth of twin goats. They are envious that […]

Move over Johnny Appleseed, Granny is in da house

Granny Smith by Michelle Worthington

January 30, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Granny Smith takes care her family and the trees that grow in her orchard. But that is not all. She finds that one tree needs a little extra care, grows it, and one day realizes that this tree has some awesome apples. Apples that while looked different, soon become a favorite of many. This is a story based on a woman named Maria Ann Smith. When she was 69 years-old, she Grandma Moses her way into the apple world from her small Sydney farm. She […]

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