Apples

This fall, a bumper crop of informational titles feeds hungry minds. Apples by Ken Robbins uses hand-tinted photographs and accessible text to explain how apples are grown, harvested, pressed into cider and otherwise used as food. An author's note elucidates apple-speak (""Today, when we say, `You're the apple of my eye,' it means you're something very special to me"") and points out the fruit's role in literature and folklore.