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Award-Winning Book for Children Now Available as an Audiobook!
Out of the Apple Orchard by Yvonne David and read by Nicole Raphael
110 Minute Audiobook
and Download Available Online
Out of the Apple Orchard
by Yvonne David and illustrated by Lyn Rodden (Arbiter Press)
A 2006 Independent Publisher Book Awards Honorable Mention
Multicultural Fiction – Children’s
In the fall of 1910, a Jewish family moves from the Lower East Side of New York
City to the hamlet of Mountaindale in the Catskills for fresh country air. Papa
is too sick to work and food is scarce. On his way to school, twelve-year-old Adam
Bieman is hungry and sees the apples in the Friedland orchard. He cannot resist
the ripe, red fruit. Soon his troubles begin to multiply.
This engaging American tale, interwoven with historical details about the Catskills,
captures the essence of the Jewish High Holidays. It is a charming story for children
about family and forgiveness. Although a good audiobook for kids, Out of the Apple
Orchard will delight listeners of all ages.
Narrated by Nicole Raphael, whose other audiobook narration includes Scholastic’s
Dear America: Voyage on the Great Titanic, The Dairy of Margaret Ann Brady, is the
Artistic Director of The Mesaper Theatre. The Mesaper Theatre has produced concert
readings in New York City of Out of the Apple Orchard by award-winning playwright,
Ellen W. Kaplan, based on the award-winning book by Yvonne David.
This 6-panel digipack double-disc audiobook includes stunning artwork by Lyn Rodden.
Composer/ keyboardist, Ben Rauch, produced and engineered this wonderful recording
in New York City, complete with original music and sound effects.