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Featured Books

Ice Cream Cones for Sale
by Elaine Greenstein
Arthur A. Levine Books, 2003
ISBN 0439327288
Ages 4 to 9
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One crunchy cone and one scoop of ice cream…six men and one woman claim to have put the two together for the first time. Learn the account of this delicious treat's creation, its popularization and the food-fight that followed as they each tried to take credit for the idea. September 22 is anniversary of this delicious treat!

Apples
by Gail Gibbons
Holiday House, 2001
ISBN 0823416690
Ages 6 to 8
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From blossoms to pollination to picking, this book describes apples: how they got to America, how they grow, their various parts, and the different varieties.

Apples to Oregon
by Deborah Hopkinson and Nancy Carpenter (Illustrator)
Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books, 2004
ISBN 0689847696
Ages 4 to 8
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When Papa pulls up roots and moves from Iowa to Oregon, he can't bear to leave his precious apple trees behind - or his peaches, plums, grapes, cherries and pears. But the trail is cruel. Luckily, Delicious, the apple of Daddy's eye, is strong and won't let anything stop her father's saplings from tasting the sweet, Oregon soil.

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