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Harrison, David L.

I Want an Apple: How My Body Works

32 pp. | Holiday | October, 2021 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-4104-4 $18.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by David Catrow. This is a playful, simple look at our bodies' inner workings for young children. A blue-haired, brown-skinned child sits atop a pillow on the book's cover, gazing longingly at a large apple. "I want an apple," the text declares on the first page as the narrator lies with their feet up on an oversized chair. "Smart brain, help me find one." Searching for the desired fruit all around the house--including inside the depths of a worn-out boot and under the dog's floppy ear--the child instructs different body parts to do what they do best. "Sturdy feet, help me stand. Long legs, help me walk." Eventually, an apple is found and feasted upon--with each of the five senses experiencing delight. Catrow's (the Silly Dilly Songs books; Fun in the Sun, rev. 5/15) colored-pencil and watercolor illustrations, all full-bleed double-page spreads, are immediately recognizable with their eccentric details and exaggerated scale (the apple often appears the size of the child's head, for example). The spare text is just enough to introduce concepts of human anatomy to a preschool and early primary audience. The book's final page is an informational drawing of the child pointing out some of the organs used in the apple's journey through the body.
Reviewer: Hill Saxton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2021

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