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    The Apple Doll
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    The Apple Doll

    By Elisa Kleven

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    About this ebook

    Lizzy loves the big apple tree in her yard more than anything. So when the first day of school comes, she picks a beautiful apple, turns it into a makeshift doll she names Susanna, and takes it along to keep her company. But her teacher tells her that dolls aren't allowed at school. Even worse, her sister says that Susanna won't last forever. Then Lizzy's mom shows her a way to turn Susanna into a real apple doll. And with the help of Susanna the Apple Doll, Lizzy overcomes her shyness at school and makes plenty of new friends to bring home to play in her beloved apple tree.

    Detailed, delightful collage illustrations accompany this sweet story about one girl's success in bringing together her home world and her school world. Instructions for making an apple doll just like Susanna are included!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateJul 24, 2007
    ISBN9781466803411
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    The Apple Doll
    Author

    Elisa Kleven

    I’ve always loved creating little imaginary worlds. Though I didn’t study art formally, I was fortunate to have a mother who was a printmaker and a grandmother who was a sculptor. So I had lots of encouragement—and art supplies—while growing up. When I was a child, I was not as interested in drawing as I was in making little people and animals to play with. Paper was magical—I could create characters on it, cut them out, and lose myself for hours making up stories about them. I also loved creating dolls and creatures out of clay. I put together an enormous dollhouse and furnished it with all sorts of recycled stuff: lacy rugs made from paper doilies, paintings made from postage stamps, cradles made from walnut shells, a garden of flowered cloth. Until I was seventeen, I lived in Los Angeles. Then I left to study at U.C. Berkeley, where I received a B.A. in English and later a teaching credential. After reading to young children as a teacher for several years, I had a strong desire to make my own books. Picture books combine what I love most—art, imagination, and children—and creating them is endlessly challenging and full of possibilities. Most of my illustrations are done in mixed-media collage—a flexible, playful medium. I snip and glue old scraps into new shapes: a snippet of wool becomes a lion’s mane; a scrap of lace becomes a curtain. And I’m still making characters out of paper and paint, giving them stories and worlds. I live in Albany, California, with my husband, Paul; daughter, Mia; son, Ben; and our young dogs and cat, who all inspire me. I hope that my books will inspire children and their own powerful impulses to imagine and play.

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    • 5/5
      Lizzy had a apple tree in her back yard where she picked apples from. Lizzy loved apples, she liked the way they looked, tasted and sound when she eats them. She is starting school and decides to pick her favorite apple and make a doll out of it and names it Susanna. Lizzy brings her doll to school and her teacher tells her she couldn't bring her anymore. This give Lizzy no choice but to put her shyness aside and meet new friends.
    • 5/5
      Apple Doll by Elisa Kleven is a wonderful picture book with an apple theme. It's the story of little Lizzy and her apple tree. On the first day of school, Lizzy is scared so she picks her favorite apple from her tree and gives it a face. It becomes her best friend--Susanna. Unfortunately the kids at school tease her doll, but after some thought Lizzy and her family are able to make Susanna last forever. They dry the apple and make her into a real everlasting doll that looks like a granny. Lizzy shares her amazing doll with the class again, and soon they all make their own apple dolls.This is the best apple themed picture book with a story that I can currently find. At the back of the book are instructions on how to really make an apple doll.