Thompson. The Apple Pie That Papa Baked

The Apple Pie That Papa Baked is a children's book by Lauren Thompson, with art by Jonathan Bean, published in 2007. It is available at the Internet Archive.

Here is a YouTube read-along:

The story works backwards from the pie to the apples to the tree, to the roots, the rain, the clouds, the sky, the sun, the world. The lines do not rhyme, but they are all strong four-beat lines, with adjectives for each of the objects in the chain. For example, here's where the clouds become part of the story:

These are the clouds, heaped and round,
that dropped the rain, cool and fresh,
that watered the roots, deep and fine,
that fed the tree, crooked and strong,
that grew the apples, juicy and red,
that went in the pie, warm and sweet,
that Papa baked.

The illustrations are an important part of this book. For example, they add animal characters who do not appear in the text itself, like this horse who is fond of apples: