farm life

At the start of World War II, Japanese-American third-grader Aki and her family are sent to an internment camp in Poston, Arizona, while Mexican-American third-grader Sylvia's family leases their Orange County, California, farm and begins a fight to stop school segregation.

After his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure, eleven-year-old Tyler befriends the oldest daughter, but when he discovers they may not be in the country legally, he realizes that real friendship knows no borders.

On her family's farm in the town of Star, eight-year-old Mae eagerly follows the progress of the 1969 Apollo 11 flight and moon landing and dreams that she might one day be an astronaut, too.

Little Critter and his younger sister help their grandparents pick pumpkins and apples, take down the scarecrow, and do other chores at harvest time.

Three little Swedish boys want some butter for their bread, but the cow will give no milk because she has no fresh green grass, and there is no grass because the sun has not been shining.

The author recounts his hunting memories and experiences, describing the impact of hunting on his childhood, his relationship with his outdoorsman father, and how he defines himself.

When building a community swimming pond, Tractor Mac and his friends on the farm discover that teamwork makes all the difference.

Reuben loves watching hot air balloons as they fly over his Amish family's farm, and one day he is offered the opportunity to take a ride in one.

A collection of the author's stories for children, including "Moses the Kitten," "The Market Square Dog," and "Smudge, the Little Lost Lamb.".

Farmer William Bee introduces young readers to his collection of tractors and farm machines. Describes the job each machine does on the farm, from tractors and ploughs to combine harvesters. Also shows how the windmill on the farm turns the milling machine which crushes grain from wheat until its flour. Includes diagrams of how several machines work.