Feeling out of sorts with his twin sister, Olive, and their friends Lizzie and Sarah, Peter is drawn to new student Kai, but soon discovers that Kai is not very nice.

Introduces orchards through discussion of pollination, fruit development, grafting, fruit processing, pests, pesticides and their effect on the environment, and harvesting. Includes simple recipes using fruit.

"Take a stroll through a magnificent garden and serene forest with Grammy and her grandkids and find out what there is to discover around every turn. Beautiful illustrations and adorable rhymes will guide readers as they learn to identify different kinds of flowers, fruits and berries, trees, birds, insects, and animals. Pick and snack on fruits in the garden, and then swing in a huge tree right after you have a picnic in the forest."--

Old Rass Throckmorton hires Matt "Mad Dog" Stone to help with the harvest of 1894, hoping Matt will remain on his Washington State farm and care for his daughter Mariah after he dies. But Mad Dog is a drifter, fighter, and womanizer. In spite of this, Mariah, Mad Dog, Rass and an adolescent runaway stitch together a patchwork family from the scraps of their damaged lives as they make peace with their pasts.

Cooper Lowry has been playing football for eight years. After a particularly hard game one Sunday, he meets intriguing organic fruit orchard owner Whitney Reed and Cooper begins to think about a life other than football.

Explains about fruit trees, what they produce, and how they grow.

In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school.

"Start from scratch with a small orchard and end up with an impressive farm which stretches out as far as the eye can see and beyond! Cultivate your farm, relax, personalise your farm and your appearance, go everywhere with your pet, build your own house... And many more things! "--Container.