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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman's only option, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli and decides to change the direction of her life. With her reputation in ruin, there is only one respectable choice: marriage to a man she...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
To the Chandler family in 1950's Black Oak, Arkansas, the cotton season means hard work, an influx of temporary workers -- and a host of complications. Hank Spruill, one of the hired hands has a violent temper that has gotten him into trouble with the law. Tally, his sister, is smitten with Cowboy, a Mexican laborer Hank despises. And with all the turmoil, 7-year-old Luke Chandler has seen a lot more than most kids his age.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wish comes a poignant love story about risking everything for a dream--and whether it's possible to leave the past behind. Colby Mills once felt destined for a musical career, until tragedy grounded his aspirations. Now the head of a small family farm in North Carolina, he spontaneously takes a gig playing at a bar in St. Pete's Beach, Florida, seeking a rare break from his duties at home. But...
Author
Publisher
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
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1960s rural Australia, lonely farmer Tom Hope, recently abandoned by his unfaithful wife, finds his life turned upside down by the arrival of Hannah Babel, a vibrant woman with a haunted past.
Author
Publisher
CompanionHouse Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
Hobby farming is alive and thriving in semi-rural, suburban, and rural areas across the country, and female farmers have been cited as the fastest growing sector within the farming community in recent years. With more than 1 million women in the United States and Canada describing farming as their primary source of income, and many more for whom hobby farming is just that-a hobby-the time is right for a publication dedicated to hobby farming from...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Settling in the swamps of early-nineteenth-century Ohio, the Goodenough family establishes an apple orchard that begins a long family battle, and years later, as their youngest son wanders through Gold Rush California, his family's past makes an unexpected appearance.
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Working as an organic farmer in a near-future world devoid of technology, a former Los Angeles screenwriter unexpectedly reconnects with his once-famous partner, who has retrofitted a nuclear-powered digger to launch an unknown agenda.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sesame Street characters, accompanied by brightly colored pictures and simple text, introduce young children to farms, farmers, crops, and farm animals.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The annual Corn Maze Festival is coming and every day the chickens, cows, and Duck help Farmer Brown--with a few bribes--to create a special Statue of Liberty corn maze, and every night Duck works hard recreating his own surprise. They both hop into a hot-air balloon to see the "masterpiece" from above.
15) Big tractor
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Farmer uses his tractor, Ol' Partner, to do all of his important farm chores, including planting, cultivating, and harvesting.
Author
Publisher
AMAPublications
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged).
Language
English
Description
The Day the Farmers Quit is about a child that wakes up to a world that is unlike anything he's ever known. He panics when he realizes that the farmer and all of the things that he provides are gone. He sets out on a journey to bring the farmers back and to show them how much he and everyone else needs them. The child learns the importance of farmers and all that they provide for his family and community through this heartwarming tale.
17) Tobacco road
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set during the Depression in the depleted farmlands surrounding Augusta, Georgia, Tobacco Road is the story of the Lesters, a family of white sharecroppers so destitute that most of their creditors have given up on them. Debased by poverty to an elemental state of ignorance and selfishness, the Lesters are preoccupied by their hunger, sexual longings, and fear that they will one day descend to a lower rung on the social ladder than the black families...
18) E-I-E-I-O
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Struggling with an overgrown yard and his own aimlessness, Old MacDonald receives advice from the wise and ecologically sensible Little Red Hen, who helps him compost his way through the steps of creating a thriving organic farm.
19) Dooby dooby moo
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While Farmer Brown sleeps, his animals prepare for a talent show at the county fair.
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Investigating the murder of a local country star at the county fair, jaded dairy farmer Stella Crown is wrongly accused of the crime in ways that compel her to search for answers before her wedding is completely ruined.