farm life

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farm life

The lucky wheel

When each student in Maple Ridge is asked to contribute fifty cents for the schoolhouse's repair, Logan attempts to sell a single buggy wheel that he found and repaired.

Logan Pryce makes a mess

After his father takes a job at a general store to make ends meet Logan Pryce is determined to help out, but Logan's eagerness combined with his inexperience may cause his father to lose his new job.

True colors

In 1952 Vermont, ten-year-old Blue decides to set out in the middle of her town's sesquicentennial celebration to find the mother who abandoned her as a baby, but a series of events reminds her that she already has everything she needs.

Following the tractor

A farmer's bright red tractor participates in a variety of activities throughout the year, including plowing, sowing, and harvesting the fields, helping cars get unstuck from a muddy road, and resting in the barn.

The egg thief

Georgie has many responsibilities on his 1920s Pennsylvania farm. But when we wakes up one morning to see all his eggs have been stolen, he suspects Buster, a local stray dog. Buster leads Georgie on a wild chase, and the two have an unexpected adventure.

Thimble summer

1976
The story of young Garnet's best summer on a Midwestern farm.

Farmers

Simple text and photographs introduce young readers to the things a farmer does while on the job.

O come ye back to Ireland

our first year in County Clare
1987

Storm horse

2017
His mother left three years ago, so when twelve-year-old Flip's thieving father dies he goes to live with his stern and hostile uncle on the remote Dutch island of Mossum; there he works on the farm, dreams of his mother coming to get him, deals with the local bullies, and his only "friend' is a strange, mute girl whom he thinks of as the ghost girl--until he rescues a horse from the stormy sea and discovers a new purpose in caring for his charge.

The little farm

1959
All about life on a farm during the various seasonal activities.

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