Brother Bartholomew: And the Apple Grove by Jan Cheripko
	List Price:   $15.95 Unit Price:   $12.76 You Save:   $3.19 (20%) ISBN-10:   1590780965 ISBN-13:   9781590780961 Publisher:   Boyds Mills Press Edition:   illustrated Category:   Health/Nutrition Pub. Date:   April 2004 Pages:   32 Format:   Trade Cloth Ages:   6 and UP
Awards
( NO  Carolyn W. Field Award  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
Brother Bartholomew has always tended the apple grove with confidence that 'God will provide' for both the monks and the deer that visit the grove, but Brother Stephen has new ideas about how to best tend the apples. 'The monastery makes applesauce to make ends meet. And Brother Bartholomew has tended the apple grove longer than any monk can remember. Though he works as hard as his rheumatism will allow, Brother Bartholomew has never mended the fence that surrounds the grove. Sometimes he is forgetful and leaves the gate open, which allows the deer to enter and eat the valuable apples. Whenever the monks express their concern, he simply replies, ''God will provide.'' One day a young monk named Brother Stephen arrives at the monastery. He is appalled at the lack of care Brother Bartholomew has given the apple grove. Over the months, he imagines himself repairing the fence, and harvesting the apples, and receiving praise for his hard work. More than anything in the world, Brother Stephen wants the apple grove. And now he has a chance to get it. Jan Cheripko's haunting fable, which speaks to young and old, is lovingly illustrated by Kestutis Kasparavicius.' An ambitious monk learns a lesson in humility when he encounters Brother Bartholomew, the old monk who tends the apple grove.