Johnny Appleseed by Eva Moore (Folk literature)

Johnny Chapman was a man who loved apples. His friend Mr. Crawford taught Johnny all about apples when he was little boy; everything you can do with apples Johnny knew. When he was older, he created an orchard and tried giving little apple trees to the pioneers that walked by his house. After while, Johnny became known as Johnny Appleseed because he traveled all throughout the wilderness planting appleseeds so more apple trees would grow. 

I would have students read two to three pages of this book when doing reading groups. They would have to summarize those pages, make predictions, connections, and write down questions that came to mind.