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Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"It is 1917, in that sliver of border land that divides Georgia from Alabama. Dispossessed farmer Pearl Jewett ekes out a hardscrabble existence with his three young sons: Cane (the eldest; handsome; intelligent); Cob (short; heavy set; a bit slow); and Chimney (the youngest; thin; ill-tempered). Several hundred miles away in southern Ohio, a farmer by the name of Ellsworth Fiddler lives with his son, Eddie, and his wife, Eula. After Ellsworth is...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance. In this uncertain and dangerous time, Elsa Martinelli-like so many of her neighbors-must make an agonizing choice: fight...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Every time Mr. Fox steals a chicken from the farm, Farmers Boggis, Bunce, and Bean grow wild with rage. They're the nastiest crooks in the valley, and they've concocted a cunning plan to dig him out of his hole once and for all. But it never occurs to them that Mr. Fox has a fantastic plan of his own..."--p.[4] of cover.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Farmer Brown does not like Halloween. So he draws the shades, puts on his footy pajamas, and climbs into bed. But do you think the barnyard animals have any respect for a man in footy pajamas? No, they do not. For them, the Halloween party has just begun. And we all know these critters far prefer tricks over treats.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"A contemporary twist on the Odyssey, An Orchestra of Minorities is narrated by the chi, or spirit of a young poultry farmer named Chinonso. His life is set off course when he sees a woman who is about to jump off a bridge. Horrified by her recklessness, he hurls two of his prized chickens off the bridge. The woman, Ndali, is stopped in her tracks. Chinonso and Ndali fall in love but she is from an educated and wealthy family. When her family objects...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
"This Pulitzer Prize-winning classic tells the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works, nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family. Nearby, the nobles of the House of Hwang consider themselves above the land and its workers; but they will soon meet their own downfall. Hard times come upon Wang Lung and his family when flood and drought force them to seek work...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the author's efforts to rescue his family's seventh-generation farm from insolvency by turning it into a sustainable, grass-fed, organic operation while also dealing with his father's declining health.
11) Jobs on a farm
Author
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Learn how farmers care for animals, how they grow plants for us to eat, and how they run their farms.
Author
Series
Sunset Cove novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
"Kate Mason has always found solace in her family's blueberry barrens. But are they giving her a false sense of security? Kate has devoted herself to keeping her family's blueberry barrens thriving. But when blossom blight devastates her blueberry fields, she's forced to come up with alternative ways to replace that income. Fixing up the small cottage on her property as a rental seems an obvious choice, but it won't be enough. When Drake Carver drives...
Author
Series
Surprised by love volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her childhood crush -Gideon Hartzler-comes to the aid of her family, offering her a new place to sell her baked goods, Fern Blauch tries to deny the growing attraction between them due to the many obstacles that stand in their way.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In the late 1970s, grain prices had tanked, farm auction notices filled newspapers, and people had forgotten that food didn't grow in grocery stores. So, on February 5, 1979, thousands of tractors from all parts of the US flooded Washington, DC, in protest. Author Lindsay H. Metcalf, a journalist who grew up on a family farm, shares this rarely told story of grassroots perseverance and economic justice. In 1979, US farmers traveled to Washington,...
16) The good farmer
Author
Series
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Shares the story of a farmer hard at work. Readers will follow the farmer as he does his daily chores and cares for the animals. This story helps readers learn the words farmer, good, and the. Bright pictures provide visual cues to help the reader.
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"On the farm, workers pick vegetables, collect eggs, and make cheese. At the market the next day, the workers set up their stands and prepare for shoppers to arrive. Amy, the baker at the Busy Bee Café, has a very special meal in mind--and, of course, all the farmers show up at the café to enjoy the results of their hard work"--
Author
Publisher
Pebble, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Our farmers' market is a busy place! Lots of community helpers work at the farmers' market. Readers will learn about who works at a farmers' market, what the workers do, and what makes a farmers' market special. Simple, at-level text and vibrant photos help readers learn all about farmers' markets in the community"--
19) My Ántonia
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
MY ANTONIA is the wistful tale of an immigrant girl from Bohemia, who has settled in Nebraska. Narrated by Antonia's childhood friend Jim Burden, the novel draws heavily upon Willa Cather's own formative years, as well as, through the persona of Jim, Cather's experience of New York, where she worked as Editor of the MCCLURE magazine. MY ANTONIA is the third in a sequence of Cather's works which deal with immigrant settlers in the USA. Writing as a...
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