GOLDEN DELICIOUS: A CINDERELLA APPLE STORY
- Sarah
- Sep 26
- 2 min read
GOLDEN DELICIOUS: A CINDERELLA APPLE STORY by Anne Egan Smucker. Illustrated by Kathleen Kemly
Anyone familiar with the Tamarack in Beckley, West Virginia? It's a favorite stopping place of ours when we travel south. I came across this wonderful story in their book area!
Golden Delicious: A Cinderella Story by Anna Egan Smucker is a fun, nonfiction, picture book that tells the story of the unexpected discovery of the first Golden Delicious apple tree. A farmer named Anderson Mullins was inspecting his new farm and found the tree thriving in the middle of the orchard during a time when the rest of the apple trees were shriveling up.
Mullins sent a Golden Delicious apple to a pair of brothers famous for selling apples and always on the hunt for a new variety to offer. This began the journey of the Golden Delicious to its well known status that it holds to this day. Oh, by the way, every Golden Delicious apple is a descendant from the original tree found in WV. Be sure and check out the author's wonderful notes at the end!
ALONGSIDE ACTIVITIES- We have to have a few great activities to go along with this book! Even though we don't see as many yellow varieties in the grocery stores as red, there are a few available sometimes such as the Jonagold and Crispin. See if you can get your hands on a couple and compare their taste to the Golden Delicious. If you can't find yellow varieties, use red and green apples to compare to the Golden Delicious.
How about making a clay golden apple? This craft is tied to Greek Mythology which you could certainly jump into, or you could just make your own apple! Note what they use for their paint colors. You can use this formula to come up with a "gold" look or you may want to choose some yellow varieties to blend your own!
