farms

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farms

My day at the farm

2010
Simple text and full-color photographs introduce children to some activities to do on a farm, such as feeding the animals and picking vegetables.

Seasons on the farm

1996
Describes how each season of the year affects farmers and the work they do.

Internship & volunteer opportunities for people who love nature

2013
Offers a curation of enthralling and educational opportunities for readers interested in studying and exploring the natural world. Internship and volunteer opportunities profiled include caring for plants, animals, and habitats as well as teaching about nature and the great outdoors.

Farmers market measurements

2011
Looks at how measurement is used in everyday life through a family's experiences selling produce at a weekly farmers market. Includes exercises and a problem-solving activity.

Farm dog Martha

2009
Martha, the family farm dog who learned to speak after eating alphabet soup, tries to help out with the chores and must save the sheep from a hungry coyote.

Music for Alice

2004
A Japanese American farmer recounts her agricultural successes and setbacks and her enduring love of dance. Based on the true life story of Alice Sumida, who with her husband Mark, established the largest gladiola bulb farm in the country during the last half of the twentieth century.

Nursery crimes

2001
For Thanksgiving Day, the fourteen pigs in the Jambonneau family trim their trees to look like turkeys, but wake up one morning to find they have all been stolen.

My sheep

2000
A young girl describes how she cares for the sheep living on her farm.

My goats

2000
A young boy describes how he cares for the goats living on his farm.

My cows

2000
A young boy explains how he cares for his cows and defines words such as "calf" and "dairy cow.".

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