Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins

Ten Red Apples Reviews

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  Jess

  A counting book that feels like it should have a nice rhyming cadence, but instead has this really awkward fiddle-dee-fee refrain stuck all over the place. Mixed reactions at story time today, but I don't think I'll read this one again anytime soon.
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  Chelsea

  Complete with counting (backwards from 10 to 1), a funny story line, animal noises, and wonderful illustrations... this book has it all! Having the kiddos count the apples on the tree, as well as guess what animal is on the page and what noise that animal makes, was a great deal of fun. The rhythm was a bit strange and off balance at times, but a few on the spot alterations made for a great read.
  
  Read during Toddler Time on November 5th, 2018.
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  Camille

  My 6 year old son's review: 😘🙏🏾🥰🤩❤🥺🥂🥳👋🏾🥰🤠🧁🍎🍏✌️
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  Jessica

  One by one animals take an apple from the farmer's tree as the book counts down from 10 to 0 in rhyming verses.
  The illustrations are a little odd. The book looks to be taking place in the Netherlands (windmills, etc.), so I think the illustrations are wooden Dutch dolls.
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  Katie

  A book with farm animals taking various apples, to the chagrin of the farmer and his wife. The illustrations are folksy and odd. I didn't see much point in this book so wouldn't bother getting it again.
  
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  Emily Storytime

  10/20/22 - "Harvest"
  Counting and animal noises? Yippee-fiddle-dee-fee! One of the older preschool kids picked up on the repetitive phrases really quickly and said them with me.
  My library has a felt story for this book but I didn't use it this time. Will possibly try it next time.
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  Vayda Williams

  The illustrations are a little weird, but it is a great way to review numbers and animals.
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  Hannah

  Counts backwards which is very confusing for a child who is learning their numbers.
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  Stacie

  Weird pictures and too wordy for a standard counting book.
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  Everett

  The artwork is interesting and I like the repetitive song-like nature. However I gave it two stars because it reinforces gender role stereotypes.
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  Tara

  I find that most books that count up to or down from 10 tend to not keep the attention of a group of children but this one did better than most. The animal noises and "fiddle-dee-fee" refrain helped.
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  Marti (Letstalkaboutbooksbaybee)

  Perfect for our apple unit. Even though it went on a little too long.
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  Emma-Leigh

  I like that this is a counting book that incorporates animals...but I can’t get passed the fiddle-dee-fee and the almost rhythmic cadence.
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  Jesse

  Berry loved this one, but I struggled with the rhyme. *shrug*
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  kim

  my preschooler is a fan, after she heard it read at the library she started using "yipee!" all the time
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  Mama Bearian

  This simple, repetitive rhyming book would be great for preschoolers. I liked the text, but found the illustrations to be a little weird.
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  Cheryl

  I like that it counts backwards from ten. I like the old-fashioned wooden toys as characters (but do even *parents* today recognize them?). Ultimately, though, it's kinda boring and silly.
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  Katelynne

  Feels like it should have a rhythm to it but doesn't.
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  E.S.

  Pat Hutchins writes and illustrates this number story about a poor farmer who just wants an apple but all of his farm animals keep eating them! First the horse eats one apple, then a cow, and it goes on and on, but eventually the farmer gets his apple! This story is told in rhyme and has a great rhythm to it, except that the “yippee, fiddle-dee-fee” doesn’t have the same rhythm as the line before it (e.g. One red apple hanging on the tree. Yippee, fiddle-dee-fee!) which bothers me a little bit. The text is a little longer than some of the other number stories, but the rhyming and rhythm make it appropriate for preschoolers. The art is more detailed than any other story but the color is crisp and the objects itself are clear. The book uses farm animals and apples which should be familiar objects to children. Children can clearly see how many apples are on the tree and as each page progresses there is one less apple on the tree, so it is easy for children to differentiate the groupings. Lastly, the level of thinking is basic and only requires children to know how to count. All of these things make it an appropriate counting book for preschoolers!