This is the story of Johnny Appleseed and his pursuit to spread his love of apple trees to the West. This is a tall tale but the outrageous claims usually found in this type of book are extremely toned down. The only mention was the time he spent snuggled up with a bear. The illustrations were fun and bright. ( )

This book gives a brief description of the life of Johnny Appleseed. It tells of the beginning of his journey, from John Chapman to Johnny Appleseed and of his contributions up until the end of his life.

This book is a perfect, simplistic biography of Johnny Appleseed. It gives enough information and facts, but still enjoyable for children.

I love using this book to introduce Johnny Appleseed and we always have a week full of apple related projects. I usually do something to show that different ways to eat an apple and I bring in different types of apple to show what they look like.