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BOOKS

NOTE: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J	Durrant, Lynda	The Sun, The Rain, and the Apple Seed: A Novel of Johnny Appleseed In the 1790s, an eccentric young man nicknamed Johnny Appleseed feels called by God to travel through the American West planting apple seeds that will feed the hungry and produce more seeds for planting and trading.	2003
J	Glass, Andrew	Folks Call Me Appleseed John A fictionalized account describing how John Chapman was joined in the western Pennsylvania wilderness by his half-brother Nathaniel, who was unprepared for John's spartan lifestyle and unusual ways.	1995
J	Hunt, Irene	The Trail of Apple Blossoms	1968
J	Ingoglia, Gina	Johnny Appleseed and the Planting of the West	1992
J398.22	Osborne, Mary Pope	American Tall Tales Contents: Davy Crockett -- Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind-- Johnny Appleseed -- Stormalong -- Mose -- Febold Feboldson -- Pecos Bill -- John Henry -- Paul Bunyan.	1991
J791.437	Walt Disney Productions	America Retelling of plots of Walt Disney motion pictures, including Johnny Appleseed.	1965
J811	Benét, Rosemary & Stephen Vincent	Johnny Appleseed A poem describing Johnny Appleseed's appearance and actions.	2001
J811	Lindbergh, Reeve	Johnny Appleseed Rhymed text and illustrations relate the life of John Chapman, whose distribution of appleseeds and trees across the Midwest made him a legend and left a legacy still enjoyed today.	1990
J811	Lindsay, Vachel	Johnny Appleseed and Other Poems	1928
J812	Conkle, E.P.	Five Plays Contents: Paul and the blue ox.--The delectable Judge.--Bill and the widow maker.--49 dogs in the meathouse.--Johnny Appleseed.	1947
JB AP52l	Lawlor, Laurie	The Real Johnny Appleseed	1995
JB AP5A	Aliki	The Story of Johnny Appleseed Retells the wandering of John Chapman whose devotion to planting apple trees made him a legendary figure in American history.	1963
JB AP5AD	Adil, Janeen R.	Johnny Appleseed Explores the background, accomplishments, and stories of American folk hero Johnny Appleseed.	2003
JB AP5BAL	Balcziak, Bill	Johnny Appleseed Presents the life story of John Chapman, whose distribution of apple seeds and trees across the Midwest made him a legend of tall tales and left a legacy still enjoyed today. From The Imagination Series: Tall Tales	2003
JB AP5C	Collins, David R.	Johnny Appleseed: God's Faithful Planter A first-person narrative of the life of the legendary figure who traveled across the American frontier planting apple trees and carrying the Christian faith to pioneer families. From The Sowers series.	1985
JB AP5CO	Codell, Esmé Raji	Seed by Seed "Why Johnny Appleseed matters now, perhaps more than ever, in our loud and wired and fast-paced world."(front flap)	2012
JB AP5DIT	Ditchfield, Christin	Johnny Appleseed Presents a brief biography of John Chapman, the man who planted thousands of apple seeds in the early nineteenth century. A Rookie Biography.	2003
JB AP5FE	Feinstein, Stephen	Read about Johnny Appleseed Contents: Alone in the woods -- In the apple orchard -- Johnny goes west -- Johnny gets a new name. From the series I Like Biographies.	2006
JB AP5G	Gleiter, Jan	Johnny Appleseed	1987
JB AP5GR	Greene, Carol	John Chapman Relates how John Chapman's distribution of apple seeds and trees across America made him a legend. A Rookie Biography.	1991
JB AP5H	Hodges, Margaret	The True Tale of Johnny Appleseed Relates the story of the man who traveled west planting apple seeds to make the country a better place to live.	1997
JB AP5H	Holland, Gini	Johnny Appleseed Relates the life and accomplishments of John Chapman. From the First Biographies series.	1997
JB AP5HA	Harrison, David L.	Johnny Appleseed: My Story In his own folksy voice, Johnny Appleseed tells his story to a couple of entranced children in this fictionalized Step into Reading, Step 2 title.	2001
JB AP5J	Jensen, Patsy	Johnny Appleseed Goes a'Planting An easy-to-read introduction to the well-known folk hero.	1994
JB AP5JH	Johnston, Marianne	Johnny Appleseed Describes the life and the legend of the frontiersman known as Johnny Appleseed. From the American Legends series.	2001
JB AP5K	Kellogg, Steven	Johnny Appleseed Presents the life of John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, describing his love of nature, his kindness to animals, and his physical fortitude.	1988
JB AP5M	Moore, Eva	Johnny Appleseed The story of Johnny Appleseed who planted apple seeds all over the wilderness.	1970
JB AP5MA	McGrath, Patrick	Johnny Appleseed From the Kipling Press Library of American Folktales	1988
JB AP5MS	Moses, Will	Johnny Appleseed: The Story of a Legend Everyone knows the story of Johnny Appleseed: how he traveled westward across our young country, spreading apple trees wherever he went and wearing outlandish hats, like a soup pot, on his head. But did you know that Johnny Appleseed was a real person? Born John Chapman in 1774, he grew up in a family of twelve children, and as a young man, struck out to find the frontier.	2001
JB AP5N	Norman, Gertrude	Johnny Appleseed A fictionalized biography of Johnny Appleseed.	1960
JB AP5OT	Ottolenghi, Carol	Johnny Appleseed Explores the background, accomplishments, and stories of American folk hero, Johnny Appleseed. From the Brighter Child Keepsake Story series.	2004
JB AP5SC	Schaefer, Lola M.	Johnny Appleseed An introduction to the life of John Chapman, known as Johnny Appleseed, who is famed for his distribution of apple seeds and trees across America. From the First Biography series.	2003
JB AP5SM	Smith, Andrea P.	Johnny Appleseed Tells the story of the man who gained fame for planting apple trees throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, as well as some of the legends surrounding him.	2012
JB AP5SW	Swain, Gwenyth	Johnny Appleseed From the On My Own Biography series.	2001
JB AP5W	Warrick, Karen Clemens	John Chapman: The Legendary Johnny Appleseed From the Historical American Biographies series.	2001
JB AP5WO	Worth, Richard	Johnny Appleseed: " Select Good Seeds and Plant Them in the Ground" Contents: An American hero -- Chapman and 18th century America -- Chapman in the West--The spirit of individualism -- The moveable nursery -- The War of 1812 -- Business and religion -- Chapman transforms the West -- The legacy of Johnny Appleseed -- Chronology -- Glossary.	2010
JB AP5YO	Yolen, Jane	Johnny Appleseed Everyone knows the legend of Johnny Appleseed, the man from Massachusetts who planted apple trees all the way to California. But the true story of Johnny Appleseed, or John Chapman, is even greater than the legend.	2008
JB AP5Y	York, Carol Beach	Johnny Appleseed A biography of John Chapman whose distribution of appleseeds and trees across the Midwest made him a legend and left a legacy still enjoyed today. From the Folk Tales of America series.	1980
JB C366A	Anderson, LaVere	The Story of Johnny Appleseed A brief biography of John Chapman who wandered across the new frontier planting apple trees and helping pioneers.	1974
JB C366AB	Anderson, J.I.	I Can Read About Johnny Appleseed	1977
JB C366D		Walt Disney’s Johnny Appleseed From Walt Disney's Little Golden Library.	1948
JB C366DA	Disney, Walt	Walt Disney Presents the Story of Johnny Appleseed A Golden Book.	1969
JB C366HU	Hunt, Mabel Leigh	Better Known as Johnny Appleseed	1950
JB C366J	Johnson, Ann Donegan	The Value of Love - The Story of Johnny Appleseed From the ValueTales series.	1979
JB C366LE	LeSueur, Meridel	Little Brother of the Wilderness	1950
JER BLAIR	Blair, Eric	Johnny Appleseed Relates episodes from the life of Johnny Appleseed, a peaceful man who roamed the West for fifty years planting and tending to the trees that bore his favorite fruit, the apple.	2005
JER	Demuth, Patricia	Johnny Appleseed Recounts the story of the man who traveled west planting apple seeds to make the country a better place to live. All Aboard Reading, Level 1.	1996
JER KURTZ	Kurtz, Jane	Johnny Appleseed Who's that walking along the Ohio? It's Johnny Appleseed! He walks across the land, planting trees wherever he goes. So, everyone, clap your hands for Johnny Appleseed! Ready-to-Read, Level 1.	2004
S JB AP5AL	Aliki	La historia de Johnny Appleseed Retells the wandering of John Chapman whose devotion to planting apple trees made him a legendary figure in American history. Spanish translation.	1992
S JER BLAIR	Blair, Eric	Johnny Appleseed (text in Spanish) Relates episodes from the life of Johnny Appleseed, a peaceful man who roamed the West for fifty years planting and tending to the trees that bore his favorite fruit, the apple. Spanish translation.	2005

NON-PRINT

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
DVD J394.262 ARBOR		Arbor Day Children can discover their own passion for nature as they learn about the legend of Johnny Appleseed and the real-life sotry of J. Sterling Morton, the founder of Arbor Day.	2004
DVD J398.2 BICEN		Bicentennial Storytellers Storytellers portray various citizens from Fort Wayne's history.	2012
DVD J398.22 AMERI		Disney's American Legends Compilation of four animated short films profiling legendary figures in American history: Johnny Appleseed, John Henry, Casey Jones and Paul Bunyan.	2002
DVD J398.22 GREAT		Greatest American Tall Tales and Legends: Johnny Appleseed Meet John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed. Living in harmony with nature, he fulfills his dream of traveling west to plant apple orchards across the frontier to aid pioneers on their arduous journeys.	2006
DVD J398.22 JOHNN		Johnny Appleseed - Shelley Duvall’s Tall Tales & Legends Johnny Appleseed, the American legend, who traveled the frontier wearing a burlap sack, sporting a pot for a hat, and carrying a pouch full of apple seeds.	2005
DVD JB AP5J	Keillor, Garrison	Johnny Appleseed The story of John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) whose distribution of appleseeds and trees across the Midwest made him a legend and left a legacy still enjoyed today.	2005
DVD JB AP5JA		Wholesome Heroes: Johnny Appleseed Storyteller Rick Sowash takes us on an adventure through the life and times of this American legend, John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed.	2008
DVD JE SCRAM		The Scrambled States of America, and More Stories to Celebrate Our Country Includes the story of Johnny Appleseed by Reeve Lindbergh.	2003
KIT JB AP5J		Kits for Kids: Johnny Appleseed Wonderful tales spun and recorded about the life of Johnny Appleseed. Kit includes 8 books, 1 DVD, and 1 Parent-Teacher Guide.
PLAYAWAY J JOHNN		Johnny Appleseed and Other Stories about America Four children's stories about Johnny Appleseed, Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball, and the folk song "This land is your land.	2008
PLAYAWAY J398.2 TREAS		Treasury of Tall Tales A collection of four classic folk tales in audio book format, including "Davy Crockett," "Rip Van Winkle," "Johnny Appleseed," and "Paul Bunyan."	2007
PLAYAWAY J398.22 OSBOR	Osborne, Mary Pope	American Tall Tales Contents: Davy Crockett -- Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind-- Johnny Appleseed -- Stormalong -- Mose -- Febold Feboldson -- Pecos Bill -- John Henry -- Paul Bunyan.	2008

TEACHER'S GUIDES

AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE	CALL #
PTC J011.62	Fredericks, Anthony D.	Involving Parents Through Children’s Literature, Grades 3-4	1993
PTC J372.64	Harrison, Annette	Easy-to-Tell Stories for Young Children	1992
PTC J372.64	Howell, Will C.	The Steven Kellogg Connection	1990
PTC J372.64	Phillips, Nancy	A Literature Unit for Johnny Appleseed	1995
PTC J372.83	Kear, Dennis	Focus on America: Thematic Units for Early Childhood	1993

WEB SITES

Education World - Lesson Planning: An Apple for the Teacher
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson077.shtml

Johnny Appleseed at the Virtual Vine
http://www.thevirtualvine.com/johnny.html
A seven page compilation of links to classroom activities, stories, online activities, and more.

Johnny Appleseed Festival
http://www.johnnyappleseedfest.com/

Johnny Appleseed Thematic Unit
http://midgefrazel.net/appleseed.html

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