Jack and the Animals
A traditional Appalachian story about Jack leaving home to seek his fortune. Along the way he befriends several animals and has a little bit of adventure.
Farm Life
Going to Sleep on the Farm
This sweet book tells the story of how farm animals tuck in for the night. A lovely rhyming story that is perfect for before a nap or bedtime.
Interrupting Chicken
Little Red Chicken keeps interrupting Papa when he tries to read her a bedtime story. Will she ever get to sleep?
Harvest Home
As the days grow shorter, harvest time approaches. Rhythmic rhymes and a repeating refrain describe the process of “bringing the harvest home.”
Henrietta and the Golden Egg
Can chickens swim or fly or lay golden eggs? Henrietta is tired of life in the cramped chicken coop and is ready for something more. Even though the older chickens laugh at her, she soon inspires them to reach a little bit higher themselves.
Homespun Sarah
In colonial Pennsylvania Sarah gets a new dress made from scratch! This rhythmic, rhyming story follows the planting of flax and carding of wool to the spinning of fiber and weaving of fabric, all the way to the eventual creation of a new dress for Sarah.
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
Did you know that Cesar Chavez organized the first movement for farmers’ rights in America? This story details his efforts, from his childhood on a ranch in Arizona to his founding of the National Farm Workers Association. It is an inspiring tale of how hard work and nonviolent communication can be tools for achieving great
Saving Strawberry Farm
In the hot summer of 1933, a young boy helps to rally his town to save the local strawberry farm from a bank auction. Set in the Depression, the book focuses on simple pleasures like homemade lemonade and the importance of community. It also features a description of the Depression era in the back of
The Goat in the Rug
Glenmae, a Navajo weaver has decided to weave Geraldine the goat’s wool into a rug. The story is told from the perspective of Geraldine the goat.
