Johnny Appleseed: The Legend and the Truth, (Hardcover)

from matthewbloome

This is an interesting take on a biography with the text divided into three sections: a minimal poem, a historical narrative section, and a section called the facts where Yolen basically validates her history by revealing the resources that provided her with the story she shares.

from brittneydufrene

"Jane Yolen relates both fact and legend in this brief biographical piece about John Chapman", who we may all know as Johnny Appleseed. The author goes into detail telling the whole story of this adventurist guy who supposedly changed the landscape of America.

from mitchellmerritt

The book is historical fiction about the legend of Johny Appleseed.However, it gives the facts behind the legend of a real person named John Chapman.Very interesting how many legends have fact behind them.I would like to get a traditional fantasy copy and compare with class.Extension lessons coul...

from mitchellmerritt

The book is historical fiction about the legend of Johny Appleseed.However, it gives the facts behind the legend of a real person named John Chapman.Very interesting how many legends have fact behind them.I would like to get a traditional fantasy copy and compare with class.Extension lessons coul...

from sparrowtlw

"Johnny Apple Seed" is a historic realism story. The story tell the legend of Johnny apple seed in poems, at the end of the poem there is a short summary of actual facts about Johnny apple seed. Each page is a different poem. The illustrations are muted which give a feeling that this happened a l...