Little Apple Goat’s favorite meal is fruit—apples, pears, cherries—what ever is available in the orchard. She eagerly anticipates her annual fall feast when ripe fruit drops to the ground. As she returns to the barn, she spits, then goes “Plippety, Plip! Plop!,” thus disbursing the seeds she has consumed. When a severe storm destroys her orchard, Little Apple Goat is bereft. Soon, however, new trees appear, but readers must infer the new orchard’s source. This simple tale of nature’s regenerative cycles will entrance readers with its lively palette of watercolors and strong black-line and collage art. lmp

Originally published by Oxford University Press Great Britain, in 2007.

Little Apple Goat is ordinary in every way -- except for one. Instead of munching on oats or grass or laundry left on the line, she prefers to eat fruit from the orchard.

But one stormy night, all of the fruit trees in the orchard are destroyed. The trunks are chopped down and the land is cleared. The farm animals cannot imagine life without the orchard, and Little Apple Goat doesn't know how she will manage without her fruit.

But time passes, and something mysterious begins to happen on the farm . . .

Sweet, colorful illustrations bring to life this clever tale that will charm young readers and also introduce them to the changing seasons.