Johnny Appleseed: God's Faithful Planter, John Chapman

The Sowers

by David R. Collins, Joe Van Severen (Illustrator), Louise H. Rock (Editor)

In his knapsack, he carried his Bible and as many apple seeds as would fit, as he headed for the West.

Genres: Biography, History, Nonfiction, School, Historical

Paperback

First published December 12, 1985

About the author

David R. Collins is a published author and a narrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of David R. Collins include George Washington Carver: Man's Slave Becomes God's Scientist, Cesar Chavez (Just the Facts Biographies), J. R. R. Tolkien (Just the Facts Biographies), and The Time Travelling Cat & the Tudor Treasure.

Reviews

[Boy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved Johnny Appleseed faith in God, how he trust in God to help Him in times of need.
It was a real good book.

[F · Rating 5 out of 5]

wow! who knew the Disney cartoon was so accurate in so many ways. Fascinating life. [1 minor point- I doubt very seriously Chapman thought the world was millions of years old. I would like to see some evidence that he believed that.]

[Liesel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is great introduction to Johnny Appleseed. He was such an interesting and good man. I loved learning about him.

[Abigail Westbrook · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had a hard time with the writing style of this book, especially the moralizing and Scriptures that felt trite and forced rather than meaningful. My kids thought it was rather boring as a read-aloud even though it actually had quite a bit of action. We did like that they included some educational info in the back of the book, like how to graft apple trees as well as some old fashioned apple recipes.

[Natalie Schneckloth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Give's a nice (fictionalized) personal narrative of the life of John Chapman. It takes the man of myth and gives kids the good perspective of the kind of real life Johnny Appleseed had and the impact her made in America.

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

A well written story about what Johnny Appleseeds life may have been like. It was fun to read it with my son.

[Whitney · Rating 3 out of 5]

The kids enjoyed this book, and I did as well. I learned quite a bit about Johnny Appleseed, that wasn’t in my history text as a child.

[Clarissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Part of my boys’ school curriculum. Johnny Appleseed is probably their favorite character/historical figure from the entire year.

[Laurie Wheeler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting biography about America's favorite apple tree planter. We read this for homeschool history studies.

[Caleb · Rating 3 out of 5]

i liked it