![]() In this title that was first introduced as a customizable, personalized print-on-demand product, Rox has a superpower. ![]() Girl power abounds in this book about coding that introduces young readers to the world of programming while offering them hands-on activities via a companion app. Growth and change become wondrous things in this well-conceived and -executed nature story. Parents might take this cue and discuss how human lives and the lives of trees, plants and all of nature remain interconnected, bound by similar patterns. ![]() A young girl navigates the apple’s life cycle through the course of the book, and observant readers will see that her own life (friendship, love, children) remains in step with the natural evolution she’s observing. Each phase is introduced with a highlighted imperative verb: “ Bloom apple tree and dress yourself in pink and white blossoms.” The language rings as both forceful and joyous, in tune with nature’s powerful beauty. ![]() Gudeon’s folk-art–style paintings depict the apple’s life cycle in pleasantly busy illustrations with rich purples, reds and blues against an earthy, sand-colored backdrop. Readers follow an apple from tree to market to mouth when birds pick the seeds from the nibbled core, a tree sprouts, bursting with blossoms in spring and providing a new crop of apples in summer. ![]()
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