planters (agricultural machinery)

Explores planters, machines used on farms.

"It's a busy day at Happy Valley Farm and the farmer llama needs your help! Take a tour of the farm as you learn all about planters. Be sure to pay attention so you can pass your farmhands quiz and earn your llama-diploma. Cheerful illustrations and farm-tastic puns make learning about farmer llama's farm machines llots of fun!"--Provided by the publisher.

"Introduces children to the world of modern farm equipment- showing how the most complex machines on the farmwork to harvest crops"--Provided by publisher.

"Thousands of years ago, farmers had to plant even the tiniest seeds by hand. Luckily, inventors eventually created modern farming machines that can plant seeds in just a fraction of the time it once took. Find out how these devices work through accessible text, . . . fact boxes, and . . . color photographs that complement key concepts"--Provided by publisher.

An introduction to the use of planters to plant crops and why farm machinery is important to farmers.

Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduce early readers to planters, describing their different parts and the work they do on the farm.