Applesauce Season by Eden Ross Lipson

Applesauce Season by Eden Ross Lipson, illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein, Roaring Brook Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-59643-216-1
Story relaying a family's annual tradition of making applesause. Grandmother officially declares that it's applesause season "just about the time school opens, when it is still hot and summery but vacation is over." The book goes on to follow the family through the preparations involved, and how each batch is different because of the different kinds of apples involved. The young boy, also the narrator, has a special part to play in the making of the applesauce. It's a comforting, happy story of a family and its traditions. Would be good for sequencing and discussing different kinds of apples. Good for food production (from apple tree to applesauce). Use with grades 2 or 3. This book is included in a great list of picture books for ages 5-8 found on Bookworm for Kids.