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Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From a pioneer of the regenerative agriculture movement, a memoir-meets-manifesto on betting the farm on a better future for our food, animals, land, local communities, and our climate. Featured in Food and Country, premiering at Sundance 2023. Raised as a fourth-generation farmer, when Will Harris inherited White Oak Pastures he was a full-time commodity cowboy who played hard and fast with every tool the system offered - chemicals, antibiotics,...
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Bread, milk, wool, fruits, and vegetables: things that fill our day to day lives. But where, and who, do they come from? Across wheat fields and city rooftop gardens, mushroom beds and maple forests, Thank a Farmer traces the food and clothing that a family uses back to the people who harvested and created them. With Maria Gianferrari's informed and poetic text and monumental artwork from Monica Mikai, Thank a Farmer gently emphasizes the importance...
Author
Series
Lovelight novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two best friends fake date to reach their holiday happily ever after in this first romantic comedy in the Lovelight series. A pasture of dead trees. A hostile takeover of the Santa barn by a family of raccoons. And shipments that have mysteriously gone missing. Lovelight Farms is not the magical winter wonderland of Stella Bloom's dreams. In an effort to save the Christmas tree farm she's loved since she was a kid, Stella enters a contest with Instagram-famous...
5) Farm
Author
Series
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Introduce toddlers to the farm. This interactive learning experience features sliders on every page. Children will discover which animals live on a farm, what noise a pig makes, who drives a tractor, and more."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Duopress, an imprint of Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The day starts early on the future farm, where smart tractors plow the land and robots plant the seeds. Our farmer gets ready to explore her land with a drone, while cows are happily pasturing in the fields. This is not Old MacDonald's farm. This is a farm of the near future, where vegetables will grow in vertical structures and fruit is carefully picked by robotic arms! And at the end of the book, it all comes together at home, where a family enjoys...
7) On the farm
Author
Series
Publisher
Flowerpot Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Finn Coyle shares some of his favorite things about being on the farm in this simplistic photo-based board book. Readers will discover some of the machines, buildings, and animals a farmer has on his farm including a baler, tractor, red barn, old truck, cows, silos, combine harvester, seed driller, and stable. Trucks & Stuff is a series from author Finn Coyle, a teen truck enthusiast! From his love of trucks came his series of books that explore the...
Author
Series
Leah's garden volume 4
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Larkspur Nielsen is determined to keep the family homestead running, even if she must do it alone. When she discovers that Isaac McTavish has feelings for her, she pushes him away to protect her heart. But how can she build the life she's always dreamed of when unexpected dangers arrive?"--
12) Don't be scared
Author
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
Contains two classic stories of danger and desire, in one of which, "Devil's Gambit," Tiffany Rodes, after tragedy hits her horse breeding farm, is forced to consider selling it a mysterious stranger who holds devastating secrets about the past.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Beekeeper Beckett Walsh was living her dream working alongside her father on their small farm until his unexpected death thrusts a new part-owner into her world. Callie Peterson threatens not only her livelihood, but her beliefs about the goodness of the man she'd always perceived to be her kind and faithful father"--
14) Faking Christmas
Author
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Laurel Grant works as the social media manager for Buckeye State of Mind, an Ohio tourism magazine and website. She is most definitely not an owner of a farm--specifically, the owner of her twin sister Holly's farm just outside of Columbus--but she lets her boss think she is. Laurel only handles the social media for the farm, but she's happy to keep her little white lie going. And keep it going she must, when Gilbert--recently dumped by his wife--invites...
Author
Publisher
Ice Cube Press, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Interested in the truth about Iowa and the Midwest's water quality? You won't get it from Iowa's agricultural and political leaders. Among midwestern Corn Belt states, Iowa contains some of the world's most productive farmland; the state frequently tops all others in harvested totals of corn and soybeans and has helped the U.S. be the world's largest producer of corn every year since at least 1961. Iowa also has a lot of animals that eat corn and...
Publisher
Melissa & Doug
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Piece together problem-solving fun with this Natural Play Giant Floor Puzzle! The 35 thick and sturdy oversized pieces are easy for little fingers to assemble into a 36" x 24" (91.4 cm x 61 cm) work of art. A seek-and-find activity on the take-along storage case helps kid explore the detailed scene. Natural Play puzzles use recycled papers and soy-based inks. They're a hands-on way for kids to discover the world around them! Puzzle play can support...
20) Murder most owl
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"It's been years since screenwriter Georgie Johansen last visited her aunt Olivia's farm in the coastal town of Twilight Cove and things have certainly changed. First of all it's now an animal sanctuary, and then there's the new farmhand who's as mysterious as he is handsome. Her first day on the farm, Georgie encounters the eccentric Dorothy Shale, an older woman who lives in a cabin in the woods. There are rumours that Dorothy's a witch, but Georgie...
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