Album Notes

“Finally Yvonne David gives us a children's book on the Catskills, where Jewish immigrants escaped the city life to work as farmers or to vacation in resorts. Out of the Apple Orchard weaves deep moral lessons with the everyday life of Jewish farmers and workers in the Catskills early in the twentieth century. It is a tender portrait of the Catskills life that helped shape so much of the modern Jewish experience in America.”
Phil Brown, author of Catskill Culture and In the Catskills

In the fall of 1910, a Jewish immigrant 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 audiobook will delight listeners of all ages. Capturing the essence of the Jewish High Holidays, it is a charming story about family with a universal message of forgiveness.

By Yvonne David, award-winning author of Out of the Apple Orchard. This first book in the Apple Tree Series has been adapted to the stage by award-winning playwright, Ellen W. Kaplan. The Mesaper Theatre has produced concert readings of Out of the Apple Orchard in New York City. www.appletreeseries.com

Narrated by Nicole Raphael, whose other audiobook narration includes Scholastic's Dear America: Voyage on the Great Titanic, The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady. She is the Artistic Director of The Mesaper Theatre. nicolehraphael@aol.com

Composer and keyboardist, Ben Rauch, wrote the original music for this audiobook. He was also the producer and engineer on this project, which is packed with sound effects to create a more entertaining production of 110 minutes. www.benrauchsite.com

Out of the Apple Orchard is a 6-panel digipack double-disc audiobook in full color. Illustrations by artist Lyn Rodden create a moving old-world experience. www.lynrodden.com

For further information, please go to www.appletreeseries.com.