October 21, 2020| Maria Firkaly
Apple pie. Applesauce. Apple Butter. Crisp, sweet, and delicious apples. Celebrate National Apple Day with us and check out one of these apple themed books. Four adult fiction titles and one apple cookbook (of course!). If you need help placing any items on hold or using Overdrive, Libby, or Hoopla, please give your friendly Andover Public Library staff a call, 440-293-6792. You can message us with Facebook or via our contact form at the bottom of this post.
Great apple quotes:
- “An apple a day keeps anyone away if you throw it hard enough.” – Stephen Colbert
- “You would not go into an apple orchard and feast on weeds so why would you go into your day and feast on worries?” – Pat McBride
- “Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don’t count on harvesting Golden Delicious.” – Bill Meyer
Apple Orchard Bride by Jessica Keller
Libby: e-book
Hoopla: e-book
When Toby Holcomb becomes guardian to his cousin’s daughter, he goes from hard-living bachelor to father without a clue. One thing he can do is give Kasey a stable home. Returning to Goose Harbor, he takes a job at his childhood friend’s apple orchard. But Jenna Crest isn’t ready to forgive him for his past mistakes. Desperate for sweet Jenna’s help in rais …more
Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Anne Lindsey
Book in print and large print
Apples are at the core of the family business run by Winona Mae Montgomery and her Granny Smythe. But this year’s crop is unseasonably ripe with murder . . .
ONE ROTTEN APPLE
Blossom Valley, West Virginia, is home to Smythe Orchards, Winnie and her Granny’s beloved twenty-five-acre farm and family business. But any way you slice it, it’s struggling. That’s why they’re tryi …more
Apple Turnover Murder by Joanne Fluke
Book in print and large print
Early summer brings plenty of work for baker Hannah Swensen, even before Mayor Bascomb’s wife drops by The Cookie Jar to place an order for her charity event…For eleven-hundred cookies! And Hannah almost flips when her business partner, Lisa, suggests setting up an apple turnover stand. But she places her faith in Lisa and agrees to be a magician’s assistant in the fundr …more
Beneath the Apple Leaves by Harmony Verna
Book in print and large print
Libby: e-book
Hoopla: e-book
From the author of Daughter of Australia comes a sweeping, heartfelt historical novel that follows a family of German immigrants who trade city living for the harsh realities of Pennsylvania farm life.
In 1914, Andrew Houghton’s family is one of hundreds eking out an existence in the coal mines of southwestern Pennsylvania. Though he longs to be a veterinarian, he’s fated …more
The Apple Cookbook by Olwen Woodier
Libby: e-book
Hoopla: e-book
From sweet to savory and from breakfast to bedtime, apples take center stage in this fun volume. With recipes ranging from traditional apple pies and crisps to unexpected surprises like Ground Lamb Kebabs with Apple Mint Raita, this new edition of the best-selling classic has been completely revised and redesigned to feature more than 30 new apple-themed goodies. With p…more
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