One Green Apple
Illustrator
Ted Lewin
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Publication Year
2006
ISBN
9780618434770
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
While on a school field trip to an orchard to make cider, a young immigrant named Farah gains self-confidence when the green apple she picks perfectly complements the other students' red apples.
Grade Level
K-3
Lexile Measure
450L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Culture/Ethnicity; Language barrier; Immigrants and refugees; communication barrier; learning a new language; immigrant family; immigrant children
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Asian (Arab)
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Arab American Book Award, 2007, Winner, Children's (Young Adult)
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 2007, Highly Commended
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2007 Ages 5 to 9
Booklist Book Review Stars, 2006
Booklist Top 10 Religion Books for Youth, 2006
Children's Catalog, Nineteenth Edition, 2006
Choices, 2007 Understanding Oneself And Others
Images of Community: Selected Books for Children and Young Adult, 2011 Reaching Out: Finding and Creating Community (Picture Books)
Reading to Understand: Children's Books to Use with Comprehension Strategies, 2010 Synthesizing
Teachers' Choices, 2007 Primary
Keywords
apples; new school; friendship; dogs; apple cider; new country; home country; Dupatta; apple trees; acceptance; wagon
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Bunting, Eve, "One Green Apple" (2006). Diverse Families. 1138.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1138