The Bruised Apple

hunger, faith, hope, and love

The front cover of the paperback version of "The Bruised Apple", featuring the main apple sitting on the tree limb, with an unedited illustration of a hand from the story instead of its red exterior.
My cat, Basil, looking down at my concept drawing for "The Bruised Apple", with the base tree frame around the opening stanza and first hand putting the apple in the store's bin.
Me sitting on the floor with a cardboard box as my table as I drew the base tree illustration for "The Bruised Apple" with my cat, Basil, watching from my lap.
The peel of the apple I was cutting for reference photos, curled into a double heart on a paper plate.

The Bruised Apple is a picture book that tells the story of–you guessed it!–a bruised apple. But it’s not just an apple with a long journey to becoming a small meal, it’s a messenger of hope and great care.

Below is a full interior preview! This is not to be printed (I know the print button is there, but I can’t get rid of it). I wanted you to be able to read it all here first if that’s preferred or needed. Although the ‘preview’ watermark is necessary, it does distract and detract, and I cropped the inside margin a bit too far for this preview (which, sadly, made the leaves not line up properly), so, if you’re already certain that you are getting this book, please do wait to read it then. Thank you! 🙂

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The Bruised Apple
Copyright © 2023 Sarah Elizabeth Ginier
ISBN: 979-8-9854728-0-6 (paperback)
ISBN: 979-8-9854728-1-3 (hardback)

8 x 8 inches, 39 pages

Available now through IngramSpark! Presently, only to readers in the U.S., sorry.

Follow the links below to purchase your preferred print-on-demand copy. IngramSpark will make your book and ship it directly to you!

I had to price them such that I would not lose money in wholesale purchases. These listings have a discount to bring it back to what I had wanted for individuals.

To Paperback On IngramSpark
  • The front cover of the paperback version of "The Bruised Apple", featuring the main apple sitting on the tree limb, with an unedited illustration of a hand from the story instead of its red exterior.
  • The back cover of the paperback version of "The Bruised Apple", featuring the story's tree with an introductory stanza that says, "So what made its bruise, we may wonder. Did it fall off the tree? Was it thrown? Was the road bumpy? The pressure great? But, to us, this will never be known."
  • The opening spread of the paperback version of "The Bruised Apple", with the tree around the first stanza on the left and the tree frame around the first featured illustration on the right. The writing says, "We pick up this bruised apple's story as it got set in a market's bin with other apples, shiny and red, ready and waiting to be eaten." The drawing is of a hand placing the main apple amongst other red apples that are already in the store's bin.
  • The front cover of the hardback version of "The Bruised Apple", featuring the main apple sitting on the tree limb, with an unedited illustration of a hand from the story instead of its red exterior.
  • The back cover of the hardback version of "The Bruised Apple", featuring the story's tree with an introductory stanza that says, "So what made its bruise, we may wonder. Did it fall off the tree? Was it thrown? Was the road bumpy? The pressure great? But, to us, this will never be known."
  • The opening spread of the hardback version of "The Bruised Apple", with the tree around the first stanza on the left and the tree frame around the first featured illustration on the right. The writing says, "We pick up this bruised apple's story as it got set in a market's bin with other apples, shiny and red, ready and waiting to be eaten." The drawing is of a hand placing the main apple amongst other red apples that are already in the store's bin.
To Hardback On IngramSpark

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