farmers

Catherine Goldhammer chronicles her efforts to start over once her life is turned upside down, forcing her to move from her affluent New England suburb to a small, run-down cottage near the sea.

Orry, a ten-year-old boy living in Kansas during the Great Depression, grows tired of having to stay inside because of the dust and takes his stepsister on an outing, only to become caught in the black blizzard that ravaged the drought-stricken area on April 14, 1935.

Discusses such aspects of farming as commercial farms that use machines, small farms in undeveloped countries, food crops and what happens to them, factory farming, and dairy farming.

Briefly describes some of the work that is done on different kinds of farms and the foods that are produced there.

A hungry farmer realizes his role in making bread.

Different farmyard animals help toddlers learn to count from one to ten.

Farmer Brown has just finished harvesting his crops before the rains come and wants nothing more than to sleep, but groups of all kinds of animals, birds, insects and fish insist on disturbing him.

Frank the Farmer and his family have a busy day at Hillfield Farm.

Follows the animals on Farmer Brown's farm as they go about their busy daily routines before settling in for a long rest at the end of the day. Includes more than twenty-five stickers.

When the horses stay up all night playing and are tired the next day, Farmer demands that there be no more horseplay. However, the horses outwit him forcing him to desperate measures and so he stays up all night to make sure they aren't playing. But the next day, he's the one who is too tired.