The Apple Pie ABC is a simple rhyme meant to teach children
the order of the alphabet and relates the various ways
children react to an apple pie.
The earliest mention of the rhyme appears in a religious work dated 1671,
but covers only the letters A-G. It first appears in printed form in
Child’s New Play-Thing: being a spelling-book intended to
make the learning to read a diversion instead of a task
(London 1742, Boston 1750)
the order of the alphabet and relates the various ways
children react to an apple pie.
The earliest mention of the rhyme appears in a religious work dated 1671,
but covers only the letters A-G. It first appears in printed form in
Child’s New Play-Thing: being a spelling-book intended to
make the learning to read a diversion instead of a task
(London 1742, Boston 1750)
A page from the McLoughlin Brothers' Apple Pie ABC
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