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© 2011 Universal Uclick release dates: September 24-30 39-1 (11) from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick Please include all of the appropriate registered trademark symbols and copyright lines in any publication of The Mini Page ® . To order, send $15.99 ($19.99 Canada) plus $5 postage and handling for each copy. Make check or money order (U.S. funds only) payable to Universal Uclick. Send to The Mini Page Book of States, Universal Uclick, P.O. Box 6814, Leawood, KS 66206. Or call toll- free 800-591-2097 or go to www.smartwarehousing.com. Please send ______ copies of The Mini Page Book of States (Item #0-7407-8549-4) at $20.99 each, total cost. (Bulk discount information available upon request.) Name: ________________________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________________ City: _________________________________________ State: _________ Zip: ________________ The Mini Page’s popular series of issues about each state is collected here in a 156-page softcover book. Conveniently spiral-bound for ease of use, this invaluable resource contains A-to-Z facts about each state, along with the District of Columbia. Illustrated with colorful photographs and art, and complete with updated information, The Mini Page Book of States will be a favorite in classrooms and homes for years to come. The Mini Page ® Book of States NEW! A Delicious Snack Autumn Apples What’s your favorite fruit? If you said apples, you’re in luck. Apple season is here! The Mini Page spoke with a grower and packer of apples and other fruit in Washington state to find out more about this delicious treat. An apple farm The farms where apples grow are called orchards. Apples grow on trees, which are planted in many rows. This makes it easy for farmers to move between the trees to water and fertilize trees and to pick the apples. Apple trees in orchards may be full- sized, or they may be dwarf trees. These smaller trees don’t grow as full and are easier for farmers to manage. Apple farmers can plant more trees per acre using dwarf trees. Dwarf trees start making fruit sooner than traditional trees. A dwarf tree may begin producing fruit three to four years after planting, while a traditional tree might take five to six years. Although most apples are harvested in the fall, apple growers work all year long to help the trees produce good fruit. Winter In the winter, apple trees are dormant, or asleep. This resting time lets the tree build up energy for the growing season ahead. Growers prune, or trim, trees in the winter. Sunlight is the key to growing larger fruit, so farmers thin the trees to let in more sun. This also helps the remaining fruit grow larger. Spring Spring is an active season in the orchard. As the tree wakes up from dormancy, new leaves and buds begin to break through the branches, and blossoms soon form. Once the flowers reach full bloom, growers release bees into the orchard to pollinate the flowers so that the tree will produce fruit. New fruit forms at the base of the flower, and the flowers fall off the tree. Growers have to be careful that unexpected cold weather doesn’t damage their trees during this time. If farmers know a frost is coming, they may use large wind machines that blow air across the tops of the trees. This warms the trees and prevents frost from collecting on the tender branches and buds. Summer Throughout the summer, apples grow in size and start to change color. Growers water the trees, and they may treat the orchard for pests such as worms, bugs and flies, if necessary. They also keep track of temperatures to help them know when the apples are ready to be picked. Finally, farmers check the fruit regularly for ripeness. Autumn In the fall, apples are harvested, or picked, based on the dates from full bloom. Leaves soon fall off the tree, and the cycle starts over again. Every season counts Dwarf Traditional photos courtesy Stemilt Growers Words that remind us of apples are hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally, and some letters are used twice. See if you can find: APPLE, AUTUMN, BEE, BLOSSOM, BUD, COLOR, CRISP, CUTICULAR, DORMANT, DWARF, FARM, FRUIT, HARVEST, NUTRITION, ORCHARD, ORGANIC, PACKING, POLLINATE, PRUNE, RED, RIPE, STICKER, STORAGE, SUNLIGHT. Apples TRY ’N FIND APPLES MAKE GREAT SNACKS! V P A C K I N G M O S S O L B D R E J U T S C G C N U S T Q D U E R I T I H L R F N T S D R N B U I N I E P I R L O E A A E R C A A B C R S A I R V U H F K G P M W O U P W G A R T C E R P R R L Z C L D H G A U R O L A P O L L I N A T E H M O E F X C D N O I T I R T U N from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick Basset Brown The News Hound’s TM Ready Resources from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick The Mini Page provides ideas for websites, books or other resources that will help you learn more about this week’s topics. On the Web: • www.bestapples.com/kids/home.shtml • http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/ food/calorie.html#cat119 • www.stemilt.com/Recipes/Recipes.cfm? RecipeSubcategory=1 At the library: • “Apples” by Jacqueline Farmer from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick An Apple a Day Have you heard the old saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”? Let’s look at just some of the nutrients (foods that provide our bodies with what they need) packed into one medium apple. Don’t forget to eat the skin — it holds almost half of the fruit’s vitamin C. A variety for every taste Do you have a favorite type of apple? You may like Red Delicious, Gala, Fuji, Honeycrisp or Granny Smith apples. How did we get so many different varieties, or kinds? There are more than 7,500 apple varieties around the world, but only about 100 are produced for sale. New varieties are always being developed. Researchers cross-pollinate, or have pollen transferred from one type of apple tree to another, to make new varieties. When apples are cross-pollinated naturally, growers call it a bud sport. However, most of the time these apples don’t turn out to be good. One exception is the Cameo, which is a cross of the Red Delicious and Golden Delicious varieties. Calories: 95 Carbohydrates: 25 grams Fat: less than 1 gram Fiber: 4 grams Sugars: 19 grams Calcium: 11 milligrams Magnesium: 9 milligrams Potassium: 195 milligrams Vitamin C: 8 milligrams Beta-carotene: 49 micrograms Now let’s see what we might find in a candy bar: Calories: 260 Carbohydrates: 41 grams Fat: 10 grams Fiber: 1 gram Sugars: 35 grams They don’t just taste good! photo courtesy Stemilt Growers • Calories measure energy. Food gives us energy, and our bodies use energy. We try to balance how much food we take in with how many calories we use. • Carbohydrates are sugars and starches that are used for energy by the body. • Fat is an oily or greasy material that comes from animals or plants. • Fiber is a material found in foods that helps our digestive systems work better. • Sugars are a type of carbohydrate. • Calcium helps our bones and teeth grow stronger. • Magnesium helps our muscles and nerves work well, keeps our heart beating steadily and helps bones grow. • Potassium is important for our heart, kidneys, muscles, nerves and digestion. • Vitamin C helps the tissues in our bodies grow and repair themselves. • Beta-carotene is a source of vitamin A, which helps form healthy skin, teeth, bones and other tissues. What do the nutrition facts mean? from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick Alan: What pretty fruit is on a game show? April: Banana White! Alice: If you pay for fruit by the pound, how do you pay for dirt? Angus: By the mound! TM All the following jokes have something in common. Can you guess the common theme or category? Alfie: You better watch for worms in that apple! Art: Let the worms watch out for themselves! Mini Spy . . . Mini Spy and her friends are at a “pick it yourself ” apple orchard. See if you can find: • man in the moon • banana • dragon • number 3 • squirrel • owl • strawberry • chicken • word MINI • muffin • ring • sailboat • question mark from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick TM from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick Meet Amber Riley Amber Riley plays Mercedes in the TV series “Glee” and in the movie “Glee: The 3D Concert Movie.” She has appeared in other TV shows such as “Cedric the Entertainer Presents.” She has also appeared in several plays. When she was 17, she auditioned for the TV show “American Idol,” but she was not selected by the producers. Amber, 25, was born in Los Angeles. She has worked on campaigns to save music education in schools. She made a public service announcement on dosomething.org and VH1 about the need to urge lawmakers to keep music classes and groups in schools. photo by Adam Rose TM and © 2011 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved Rookie Cookie’s Recipe Zapped Apples This makes a quick dessert or snack anytime. You’ll need: • 2 large apples • 1 tablespoon butter or margarine • 3 teaspoons brown sugar • 1 /2 tablespoon orange juice What to do: 1. Core apples carefully and make a slit around middle of each apple to prevent skin from bursting. 2. Melt butter in microwave for 10 to 15 seconds. 3. Stir in sugar, orange juice, cinnamon and raisins. 4. Fill each apple core with mixture. 5. Place in small baking dish with 1 /4 cup water in bottom. 6. Sprinkle pecans on top of apples if desired. 7. Cover with plastic; cook on high in microwave for 4 minutes. 8. Allow to cool for 15 minutes. Place in bowls and cut into chunks for serving. You will need an adult’s help with this recipe. from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick TM • 1 /4 teaspoon cinnamon • 3 tablespoons raisins • 1 /4 cup water • 1 teaspoon chopped pecans (optional) from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick From Tree to Table The Mini Page Staff Betty Debnam - Founding Editor and Editor at Large Lisa Tarry - Managing Editor Lucy Lien - Associate Editor Wendy Daley - Artist An apple’s journey Starting at the end of August, it’s time to harvest the apples. This is the busiest time of year at the orchard. 1. Apples are picked by hand from trees by orchard workers and migrant workers, people who travel from farm to farm to harvest fruit and vegetables. Fruit that is bruised or damaged is used to make applesauce or apple juice. 2. Once the apples are picked, they head to a packing plant. There they are washed with soap, brushed, rinsed and dried. Apples may be waxed depending on where the fruit is going and whether it is organic. 3. They are sorted by hand several times in order to remove defective fruit. Then stickers are put on so that shoppers can identify the variety and the packer can track the apples if necessary. 4. Finally, apples are packed into boxes, trays, bags or clamshells. These small containers are stacked and wrapped onto a pallet. The pallets are sent to shipping, where they are kept in cold storage before being loaded onto a refrigerated truck. The truck travels to a distribution center or right to a grocery store, where the apples are bought by shoppers. Apples all year? Some of the apples that arrive at the packing plant will be put into controlled astmosphere storage. In this cold storage, the ripening process stops and the apple goes dormant. Apples harvested in October can be kept in this storage to be brought to market as late as August of the next year. This is why we can enjoy apples in April, when new blossoms are just forming on apple trees. What is waxing? All apples have a natural wax, called cuticular (kyoo-TICK-yoo-lar) wax, when they come off the tree. The wax protects the apples from dehydration and helps maintain the fruit’s freshness. The natural wax is washed off during the packing process. For conventionally grown* apples, a tiny amount of food-grade wax is applied at the packing plant after the fruit is washed to help maintain quality. Experts recommend that people wash their fruit before eating to clean off any dust collected on it after packing. photos courtesy Stemilt Growers *Conventionally grown crops are raised using man-made pesticides and fertilizers. Organically grown crops do not have any man- made materials applied to them. Next week, The Mini Page pops some questions about popular popcorn. Take care of your apples Apples should be kept in the refrigerator. Shiny apples will taste crisper than dull ones. Use cool water to clean apples before eating. The Mini Page thanks Brianna Shales with Stemilt Growers in Wenatchee, Wash., for help with this issue. from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick Supersport: Landry Jones Height: 6-4 Weight: 229 Hometown: Artesia, N.M. Draw a picture of the perfect college quarterback. Chances are it might look a lot like Landry Jones. He’s tall, talented, and a big reason some experts have picked Oklahoma to win the school’s eighth national football championship. Landry, named after legendary Dallas Cowboys head coach Tom Landry, passed for 3,198 yards and 26 touchdowns in 2009. Last year he threw for an amazing 4,718 yards and 38 touchdowns. His offseason was productive as well. Landry, who wants to become a pastor after a pro football career, went on a mission trip to Haiti with a group of fellow athletes. Now he wants to lead the Sooners to that national title. That could come to pass — if Landry keeps up his sensational passing. TM
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© 2011 Universal Uclick
release dates: September 24-30 39-1 (11)
from The Mini Page © 2011 Universal Uclick
Please include all of the appropriate registered trademark symbols and copyright lines in any publication of The Mini Page®.
To order, send $15.99 ($19.99 Canada) plus $5 postage and handling for each copy. Make check or money order (U.S. funds only) payable to Universal Uclick. Send to The Mini Page Book of States, Universal Uclick, P.O. Box 6814, Leawood, KS 66206. Or call toll-free 800-591-2097 or go to www.smartwarehousing.com. Please send ______ copies of The Mini Page Book of States (Item #0-7407-8549-4) at $20.99 each, total cost. (Bulk discount information available upon request.)
Name: ________________________________________________________________________
Address: _______________________________________________________________________
City: _________________________________________ State: _________ Zip: ________________
The Mini Page’s popular series of issues about each state is collected here in a 156-page softcover book. Conveniently spiral-bound for ease of use, this invaluable resource contains A-to-Z facts about each state, along with the District of Columbia. Illustrated with colorful photographs and art, and complete with updated information, The Mini Page Book of States will be a favorite in classrooms and homes for years to come.
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A Delicious Snack
Autumn Apples What’s your favorite fruit? If you said apples, you’re in luck. Apple season is here! The Mini Page spoke with a grower and packer of apples and other fruit in Washington state to find out more about this delicious treat. An apple farm The farms where apples grow are called orchards. Apples grow on trees, which are planted in many rows. This makes it easy for farmers to move between the trees to water and fertilize trees and to pick the apples. Apple trees in orchards may be full-sized, or they may be dwarf trees. These smaller trees don’t grow as full and are easier for farmers to manage. Apple farmers can plant more trees per acre using dwarf trees. Dwarf trees start making fruit sooner than traditional trees. A dwarf tree may begin producing fruit three to four years after planting, while a traditional tree might take five to six years.
Although most apples are harvested in the fall, apple growers work all year long to help the trees produce good fruit.Winter In the winter, apple trees are dormant, or asleep. This resting time lets the tree build up energy for the growing season ahead. Growers prune, or trim, trees in the winter. Sunlight is the key to growing larger fruit, so farmers thin the trees to let in more sun. This also helps the remaining fruit grow larger.Spring Spring is an active season in the orchard. As the tree wakes up from dormancy, new leaves and buds begin to break through the branches, and blossoms soon form. Once the flowers reach full bloom, growers release bees into the orchard to pollinate the flowers so that the tree will produce fruit. New fruit forms at the base of the flower, and the flowers fall off the tree.
Growers have to be careful that unexpected cold weather doesn’t damage their trees during this time. If farmers know a frost is coming, they may use large wind machines that blow air across the tops of the trees. This warms the trees and prevents frost from collecting on the tender branches and buds.Summer Throughout the summer, apples grow in size and start to change color. Growers water the trees, and they may treat the orchard for pests such as worms, bugs and flies, if necessary. They also keep track of temperatures to help them know when the apples are ready to be picked. Finally, farmers check the fruit regularly for ripeness.Autumn In the fall, apples are harvested, or picked, based on the dates from full bloom. Leaves soon fall off the tree, and the cycle starts over again.
Every season counts
Dwarf Traditional
photos courtesy Stemilt Growers
Words that remind us of apples are hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally, and some letters are used twice. See if you can find: APPLE, AUTUMN, BEE, BLOSSOM, BUD, COLOR, CRISP, CUTICULAR, DORMANT, DWARF, FARM, FRUIT, HARVEST, NUTRITION, ORCHARD, ORGANIC, PACKING, POLLINATE, PRUNE, RED, RIPE, STICKER, STORAGE, SUNLIGHT.
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The Mini Page provides ideas for websites, books or other resources that will help you learn more about this week’s topics.On the Web: • www.bestapples.com/kids/home.shtml • http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/
food/calorie.html#cat119 • www.stemilt.com/Recipes/Recipes.cfm?
RecipeSubcategory=1At the library: • “Apples” by Jacqueline Farmer
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An Apple a Day Have you heard the old saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”? Let’s look at just some of the nutrients (foods that provide our bodies with what they need) packed into one medium apple. Don’t forget to eat the skin — it holds almost half of the fruit’s vitamin C.
A variety for every taste Do you have a favorite type of apple? You may like Red Delicious, Gala, Fuji, Honeycrisp or Granny Smith apples. How did we get so many different varieties, or kinds? There are more than 7,500 apple varieties around the world, but only about 100 are produced for sale. New varieties are always being developed. Researchers cross-pollinate, or have pollen transferred from one type of apple tree to another, to make new varieties. When apples are cross-pollinated naturally, growers call it a bud sport. However, most of the time these apples don’t turn out to be good. One exception is the Cameo, which is a cross of the Red Delicious and Golden Delicious varieties.
Calories: 95Carbohydrates: 25 gramsFat: less than 1 gramFiber: 4 gramsSugars: 19 gramsCalcium: 11 milligramsMagnesium: 9 milligramsPotassium: 195 milligramsVitamin C: 8 milligramsBeta-carotene: 49 micrograms
Now let’s see what we might find in a candy bar:
Calories: 260Carbohydrates: 41 gramsFat: 10 gramsFiber: 1 gramSugars: 35 grams
They don’t just taste good!
photo courtesy Stemilt Growers
• Calories measure energy. Food gives us energy, and our bodies use energy. We try to balance how much food we take in with how many calories we use. • Carbohydrates are sugars and starches that are used for energy by the body. • Fat is an oily or greasy material that comes from animals or plants. • Fiber is a material found in foods that helps our digestive systems work better. • Sugars are a type of carbohydrate.
• Calcium helps our bones and teeth grow stronger. • Magnesium helps our muscles and nerves work well, keeps our heart beating steadily and helps bones grow. • Potassium is important for our heart, kidneys, muscles, nerves and digestion. • Vitamin C helps the tissues in our bodies grow and repair themselves. • Beta-carotene is a source of vitamin A, which helps form healthy skin, teeth, bones and other tissues.
What do the nutrition facts mean?
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Alan: What pretty fruit is on a game show?April: Banana White!
Alice: If you pay for fruit by the pound, how do you pay for dirt?
Angus: By the mound!
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All the following jokes have something in common. Can you guess the common theme or category?
Alfie: You better watch for worms in that apple!
Art: Let the worms watch out for themselves!
Mini Spy . . .Mini Spy and her friends are at a “pick it yourself ” apple orchard. See if you can find: • man in the moon• banana • dragon • number 3 • squirrel• owl • strawberry • chicken • word MINI• muffin • ring • sailboat • question mark
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Meet Amber Riley Amber Riley plays Mercedes in the TV series “Glee” and in the movie “Glee: The 3D Concert Movie.” She has appeared in other TV shows such as “Cedric the Entertainer Presents.” She has also appeared in several plays.
When she was 17, she auditioned for the TV show “American Idol,” but she was not selected by the producers. Amber, 25, was born in Los Angeles. She has worked on campaigns to save music education in schools. She made a public service announcement on dosomething.org and VH1 about the need to urge lawmakers to keep music classes and groups in schools.
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Rookie Cookie’s RecipeZapped ApplesThis makes a quick dessert or snack anytime.
You’ll need:• 2 large apples• 1 tablespoon butter or margarine• 3 teaspoons brown sugar• 1/2 tablespoon orange juiceWhat to do:1. Core apples carefully and make a slit around middle of each apple to prevent
skin from bursting.2. Melt butter in microwave for 10 to 15 seconds.3. Stir in sugar, orange juice, cinnamon and raisins.4. Fill each apple core with mixture.5. Place in small baking dish with 1/4 cup water in bottom.6. Sprinkle pecans on top of apples if desired.7. Cover with plastic; cook on high in microwave for 4 minutes.8. Allow to cool for 15 minutes. Place in bowls and cut into chunks for serving.You will need an adult’s help with this recipe.
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• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon• 3 tablespoons raisins• 1/4 cup water• 1 teaspoon chopped pecans (optional)
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From Tree to Table
The Mini Page StaffBetty Debnam - Founding Editor and Editor at Large Lisa Tarry - Managing Editor Lucy Lien - Associate Editor Wendy Daley - Artist
An apple’s journey Starting at the end of August, it’s time to harvest the apples. This is the busiest time of year at the orchard.
1. Apples are picked by hand from trees by orchard workers and migrant workers, people who travel from farm to farm to harvest fruit and vegetables. Fruit that is bruised or damaged is used to make applesauce or apple juice.
2. Once the apples are picked, they head to a packing plant. There they are washed with soap, brushed, rinsed and dried. Apples may be waxed depending on where the fruit is going and whether it is organic. 3. They are sorted by hand
several times in order to remove defective fruit. Then stickers are put on so that shoppers can identify the variety and the packer can track the apples if necessary.
4. Finally, apples are packed into boxes, trays, bags or clamshells. These small containers are stacked and wrapped onto a pallet. The pallets are sent to shipping, where they are kept in cold storage before being loaded onto a
refrigerated truck. The truck travels to a distribution center or right to a grocery store, where the apples are bought by shoppers.
Apples all year? Some of the apples that arrive at the packing plant will be put into controlled astmosphere storage. In this cold storage, the ripening process stops and the apple goes dormant. Apples harvested in October can be kept in this storage to be brought to market as late as August of the next year. This is why we can enjoy apples in April, when new blossoms are just forming on apple trees.
What is waxing? All apples have a natural wax, called cuticular (kyoo-TICK-yoo-lar) wax, when they come off the tree. The wax protects the apples from dehydration and helps maintain the fruit’s freshness. The natural wax is washed off during the packing process. For conventionally grown* apples, a tiny amount of food-grade wax is applied at the packing plant after the fruit is washed to help maintain quality. Experts recommend that people wash their fruit before eating to clean off any dust collected on it after packing.
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*Conventionally grown crops are raised using man-made pesticides and fertilizers. Organically grown crops do not have any man-made materials applied to them.
Next week, The Mini Page pops some questions about popular popcorn.
Take care of your apples Apples should be kept in the refrigerator. Shiny apples will taste crisper than dull ones. Use cool water to clean apples before eating.
The Mini Page thanks Brianna Shales with Stemilt Growers in Wenatchee, Wash., for help with this issue.
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Supersport: Landry JonesHeight: 6-4 Weight: 229 Hometown: Artesia, N.M. Draw a picture of the perfect college quarterback. Chances are it might look a lot like Landry Jones. He’s tall, talented, and a big reason some experts have picked Oklahoma to win the school’s eighth national football championship. Landry, named after legendary Dallas Cowboys head
coach Tom Landry, passed for 3,198 yards and 26 touchdowns in 2009. Last year he threw for an amazing 4,718 yards and 38 touchdowns. His offseason was productive as well. Landry, who wants to become a pastor after a pro football career, went on a mission trip to Haiti with a group of fellow athletes. Now he wants to lead the Sooners to that national title. That could come to pass — if Landry keeps up his sensational passing.
TM
