INTRODUCTION 
Tell everyone that Johnny Appleseed /John Chapman was born in 1774, just before our nation was born. Explain how he spread apple seeds through the northeastern part of our country thus producing many apple orchards. Cut an apple in half to show the seeds inside.
POEM
Discovery
Within its polished universe
The apple holds a star,
A secret constellation
To scatter near and far.
Let a knife discover
Where the five points hide;
Split the shining ruby
And find the star inside!
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Esbensen, Barbara Juster and Barbara Fumagalli. 1971. SWING AROUND THE SUN. Illustrated by Cheng-Khee Chee et al. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications. ISBN 0876141432
EXTENSION
Make apple prints using cut apples, stamp pads, and construction paper. While children work, try reading excerpts from the picture book poem, JOHNNY APPLESEED by Reeve Lindbergh.
Tell everyone that Johnny Appleseed /John Chapman was born in 1774, just before our nation was born. Explain how he spread apple seeds through the northeastern part of our country thus producing many apple orchards. Cut an apple in half to show the seeds inside.
POEM
Discovery
Within its polished universe
The apple holds a star,
A secret constellation
To scatter near and far.
Let a knife discover
Where the five points hide;
Split the shining ruby
And find the star inside!
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Esbensen, Barbara Juster and Barbara Fumagalli. 1971. SWING AROUND THE SUN. Illustrated by Cheng-Khee Chee et al. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications. ISBN 0876141432
EXTENSION
Make apple prints using cut apples, stamp pads, and construction paper. While children work, try reading excerpts from the picture book poem, JOHNNY APPLESEED by Reeve Lindbergh.
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