Younger Fiction

• Booth, Eugene
  On the Farm
  Raintree, 1977
  E Boo
  Questions encourage the reader to look at, think about and describe scenes from a farm.
• Cousins, Lucy
  Maisy's Morning on the Farm
  Candlewick Press, 2001
  E Cou
  Morning is a busy time on Maisy's farm. There are chicken and pigs to feed, and the cow to milk. After the chores are finished, there's just one more thing to do- eat breakfast.
• Herriot, James
  Blossom Comes Home
  St. Martin's Press, 1988
  E Her
  To make room for a younger cow, farmer Dakin reluctantly takes his old cow Blossom to market with surprising results.
• Herriot, James
  Smudge, the Little Lost Lamb
  St. Martin's Press, 1991
  E Her
  The country veterinarian shares the story of Smudge, the black and white lamb who one day finds himself without a way home.
• Locker, James
  Family Farm
  Dial Books, 1988
  E Loc
  A farm family nearly loses their home until they hit on the idea of raising and selling pumpkins and flower to supplement their corn and milk sales.
• MacLachlan, Patricia
  All the Places to Love
  Harper Collins, 1994
  E Mac
  A young boy describes the favorite places that he shares with his family on his grandparents farm in the nearby countryside.
• Mcguire, Leslie
  This Farm is a Mess
  Parents Magazine Press, 1981
  E McG
  Unable to stand the mess on Farmer Wood's farm any longer, the animals decide to do something about it.
• Noble, Trinka Hakes
  The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
  Dial Press, 1980
  E Nob
  Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm.
• Nodset, Joan M.
  Who Took the Farmer's Hat
  Harper and Row, 1963
  E Nod
  The farmer searches all over the farm asking all farm animals as he searches, if they have seen his old brown hat, which ends up being the perfect nest for a bird.
• Parramon, Jose Maria
  My First Visit to the Farm
  Barrons, 1990
  E Par
  A class and its teacher visit a farm where they learn about such animals as cows, chickens, pigs, sheep and rabbits.

Nonfiction

• Cooper, Jason
  Farms
  Rourke Corp., 1992
  + 630 Coo
  Briefly describes what goes on at various kinds of farms: horse farms ,dairy farms, crop farms and others.
• Everett, Felicity
  The Usborne Book of Farm Animals
  Usborne, 1993
  + 636 Eve
  Done in typical Usborne style, with lots of information packed into full page spread picture of animals, with many small illustrations surrounding main one.
• Peterson, Cris
  Harvest Year
  Boys Mill Press, 1996
  + 633.973 Pet
  A photographic essay about foods that are harvested year round in the United States

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