Johnny Appleseed: The Story of a Legend by Will Moses; Illustrated by Will Moses
	List Price:   $6.99 Unit Price:   $5.59 You Save:   $1.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   0142401382 ISBN-13:   9780142401385 Publisher:   Penguin Group (USA) Inc Edition:   illustrated Category:   Biographies, Folklore/Fairy Tales, Agriculture Pub. Date:   August 2004 Pages:   48 Format:   Paperback Ages:   5 to 8
Subjects
APPLESEED, JOHNNY, 1774-1845 UNITED STATES_BIOGRAPHY UNITED STATES_BIOGRAPHY UNITED STATES_BIOGRAPHY_JUVENILE LITERATURE
Description/Notes
In the tradition of his great-grandmother, Grandma Moses, Will Moses's much-loved folk art perfectly illustrates this American tale of the real Johnny Appleseed. Full color. Johnny Appleseed was a legend even in his own time-stories abounded about the kindhearted woodsman who planted thousands of apple seeds from Pennsylvania to Indiana. The real Johnny Appleseed was born John Chapman in a small village in Massachusetts. When he was a young man, he set off for the western frontier and along the way collected bags of apple seeds from cider mills. As John Chapman's apple orchards grew in number, so did the tales of Johnny Appleseed. In this wise and witty story, Will Moses relates the life of a great American folk hero who helped open and tame the wild frontier. 'Delicate folk-art oil paintings capture the eccentric hero as well as America at its bucolic best.' (Publishers Weekly