Summary: This book gives a step by step approach to understanding how apple trees grow and how they produce particular kinds of apples. This informational test could be used for studying the cycle of plants. It shows the entire cycle of an apple ranging from when the tree is bare with only buds, and takes you through each stage of the flower becoming an apple. There is labeling and sequence throughout so you can see what the author is explaining to you. The book explains how each part of the growing process is important especially the bees and insects that help pollinate the flower. Characteristics that support the genre: Series, Plant Growth and Development Bookshelf Mentor Writing Traits: Students could be asked to rewrite or summarize the sequential order of growing an apple. Beginning with a seed and ending with the apple on the tree. Classroom Integration/Mini-Lesson/Content Connections: Science - The plant cycle. Stages of an apple. Growing a plant from a seed. Art- create your own poster with the plant cycle of an apple. Good - Exlibrary, library binding for added strength, no dustjacket, pictorial cover and pages have some wear (ER)