Washoe County Library System

Retells the wandering of John Chapman whose devotion to planting apple trees made him a legendary figure in American history.

"This portrait of Johnny Appleseed restores the flesh-and-blood man beneath the many myths. It captures the boldness of an iconic American life and the sadness of his last years, as the frontier marched past him, ever westward. And it shows how death liberated the legend and made of Johnny a barometer of the nation's feelings about its own heroic past and the supposed Eden it once had been. It is a book that does for America's inner frontier what...

Describes the life and the legend of the frontiersman known as Johnny Appleseed.

Text and mixed-media illustrations chronicle the life of the man who came to be known as Johnny Appleseed and reveal the five principles he followed that led to his legendary status in American history.

In the tradition of his great-grandmother, Grandma Moses, Will Moses's much-loved folk art perfectly illustrates this American tale of the real Johnny Appleseed. Illustrations.

Scrambled states of America: Disenchanted with their fixed places on the map, the states decide to swap spots in hopes that each can get to see a different part of the country and do something different for a change. Full of facts and fun, children will have a geography lesson like never before. This land is your land: America's favorite folk song takes you across our great country and shows how the land was made for you and me! Star-spangled banner:...