Pepo the pig and Lolo the chicken work together to obtain an apple from a branch too high for either of them to reach.

After Russ, a five-year-old with Down syndrome, picks a basket of apples and helps his mother and grandmother make a pie, his grandfather invites him into the backyard for a surprise.

Dragon becomes such close friends with an apple that he deeply mourns its loss and is overjoyed when more grow to take its place.

When Mrs. Barnes declares that "It's Apple Day," Dumpy wants to help and finally gets his chance once all of the apples are picked and made into pies, apple butter, and candy apples.

"A truly terrible piece of fruit is wreaking havoc far beyond the rim of the fruit bowl. Bad Apple is dead set on making life miserable for Pear, Plum, Cat, and Spoon, and it seems like no one will stop him. He pinches, steals, and breaks his way throughthe kitchen--until he encounters Snake. Could Snake be a match for the most mischievous snack in the house?"--

This beautifully illustrated tale of an apple tree that grows too many apples is delightfully told in rhyme. A little girl finds a withered apple tree surrounded by rubbish. To stop the tree being chopped down for firewood, she clears the rubbish to help the poor tree grow. When Spring arrives, the tree bursts into blossom and produces a glut of apples. But as the little girl's family try to eat, cook and hide the apples in rugs, blankets, wagons...

Pat the bunny, Tickle the pig, and Squeak the mouse go apple picking in an orchard and make lots of apple pies with what they find.