The Year at Maple Hill Farm
On a farm, something is happening every minute. This book explores what happens each month, from cold winter days to fall harvests.
Country Life
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.
Harvest Home
As the days grow shorter, harvest time approaches. Â Rhythmic rhymes and a repeating refrain describe the process of “bringing the harvest home.”
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.
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
Farming
Farms are busy places throughout the year. Animals are born; fields are plowed and planted, and crops are harvested. The winters are quiet, but there are always chores to be done . . . and soon spring will come again. Here Gail Gibbons describes the activities and special qualities of life on a family farm.
Field of Sunflowers
Following Gordon’s sunflower field from seed to seed, you will meet the tools, animals, and people who enjoy the field along the way.
Farm
This beautifully written and illustrated book depicts a year on a farm. It introduces the animals, equipment, and crops in a way that captures the life of a farm.