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61) The barn
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
One hundred years ago, many hands raised a red-cedar barn. Now the barn stands tall, smelling of freshly cut hay and dusty horses. As the animals wake and wander through its weathered doors, the barn watches the day unfold. Chickens peck, cows shoo flies with swishing tails, swallows fly in and out, and a cat crouches in the grass to hunt for dinner. When peepers start their evening song and the animals settle in their bedding again--the horses in...
65) Farmhouse
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A farmhouse provides the setting for a dozen children to live and grow, and when they leave, another family arrives to fill the house with love again.
66) Otis's busy day
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Otis the tractor is happy to go home and rest after a very busy day of working on the farm and playing with friends.
Author
Series
Unusual chickens volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Through a series of letters, Sophie Brown, age twelve, tells of her family's move to her Great Uncle Jim's farm, where she begins taking care of some unusual chickens with help from neighbors and friends.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Pig plops into his sty at bedtime, he finds Cow sleeping there and must send her off to her stall, setting off a chain reaction of animals being awakened to move to their own beds.
73) Some luck
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"An epic novel that spans thirty years in the lives of a farm family in Iowa, telling a parallel story of the changes taking place in America from 1920 through the early 1950s"--Provided by publisher.
75) Farming
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction, in simple text and illustrations, to farming and the work done on a farm throughout the seasons.
Author
Series
Publisher
Beaming Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A young girl is skeptical when her parents declare they will have a simple Christmas focused on giving rather than getting, but soon their old barn is filled with food, fun, friends, and homemade gifts. Includes directions for making star ornaments, Christmas card coasters, and melted crayon rocks.
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A picture book about a family that moves to the countryside, adopts a baby lamb named Albert, wonders if Albert needs a flock of his own before realizing that they have always been Albert's flock.."--
After moving to the country, Ila and her family have lots of pets. But they knew nothing about caring for a baby lamb. It's a lot of work! Ila loves Albert. He's cute, but he's a troublemaker. Can Ila keep her baby lamb safe and happy? -- adapted from...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Following three lonely strangers in a rural Oregon town, each working through grief and life's curveballs, who are brought together by happenstance on a local honeybee farm where they find surprising friendship, healing--and maybe even a second chance--just when they least expect it"--
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