Title: APPLE PICKING TIME
Author: Slawson, Michele Benoit
Grade Level: Primary
Description: It's apple picking time! Time when the weather turns cooler and the air crisper. Time when the leaves begin to change to orange, yellow, and red. And time when everybody in town takes off from work and school and heads for the orchards--including young Anna and her family. This year, Anna's a little older, a little bigger, and she's determined to pick an entire bin of apples, just like her parents. But apple picking time is more than picking apples-it's about taking part in a familiar American tradition.

Title: APPLES AND PUMPKINS
Author: Rockwell, Anne
Grade Level: Primary
Description: In the excitement of the fall season, a little girl goes with her parents to a farm where they pick apples and choose the best pumpkin in the patch. Back home, she carves a pumpkin jack-o'-lantern for Halloween night while her mother hands out big red apples and she and her father go trick-or-treating in the neighborhood.

Title: APPLE VALLEY YEAR
Author: Turner, Ann
Grade Level: Intermediate
Description: Throughout the year there's always something to do in caring for the orchard. Tim and Martha often watch their father, and the whole family eagerly awaits the fall apple harvest. For, as their mother tells them, "A good apple sale makes a good year". In this timeless story, students will follow Tim and Martha's year as they picnic in the orchard in summer and skate on the pond in winter, all the while watching the family orchard as it changes through the seasons.

Title: BEAR AND BUNNY GROW TOMATOES
Author: Koscielniak, Bruce
Grade Level: Primary
Description: BEAR plants his tomatoes in straight rows and carefully waters and weeds his garden. BUNNY scatters a handful of seeds over his shoulder, makes lemonade, and settles down in a comfy deck chair. The result? Two very different gardens and ways of working!

Title: THE BIG SEED
Author: Howard, Ellen
Grade Level: Primary
Description: Bess was the smallest child in her class. When everyone chooses seeds to plant for a school project, Bess chooses one big seed from a packet that features yellow flowers - small, like Bess. But when she takes her seedling home for the summer and plants it in the garden, a surprising thing happens. Bess's big seed grows into a flower that's just the right size.

Title: CHARLOTTE'S WEB
Author: White, E.B.
Grade Level: Intermediate
Description: This is the story of a little girl named Fern who loved a little pig named Wilbur and Wilbur's dear friend Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful large grey spider who lived with Wilbur in the barn. With the help of Templeton, the rat who never did anything for anybody unless there was something in it for him, and by a wonderfully clever plan of her own, Charlotte saved the life of Wilbur, who by this time had grown up to be quite a pig.

Title: THE COW THAT WENT OINK
Author: Most, Bernard
Grade Level: Primary
Description: This is a story of friendship as illustrated by a cow who could only "oink" and a pig who could only "moo" and how they helped each other to fit in. Wonderful illustrations reinforce the theme of this story.

Title: THE DAY THE GOOSE GOT LOOSE
Author: Lindbergh, Reeve
Grade Level: Primary
Description: Just how much havoc can one goose cause? The whole farmyard's in a flutter when a long-necked mischief maker flies the coop, leaving comic chaos in her wake. Soon the bull has broken right through the pasture fence, the ram has sent an overdressed neighbor sailing through the air, and cows and horses are galloping all over town. How long will the stampede go on?

Title: THE EDIBLE PYRAMID
Author: Leedy, Lorren
Grade Level: Primary
Description: Let's eat! Come into The Edible Pyramid a restaurant that serves all kinds of delicious and nutritious meals. Lorren Leedy uses the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Guide Pyramid to show the healthful way to eat. Customers learn how many servings from the different food groups to have every day. They see lots of mouth-watering examples, from pasta and grains to fruits and vegetables. Nutrition has never been this much fun!

Title: FARMERS' MARKET
Author: Johnson, Pail Brett
Grade Level: Primary
Description: For Laura, summer Saturdays with her family are days of hard work. Hard, but fun too. Together they load the pickup with baskets and bushels of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, they've grown to sell. Together they drive the twenty minutes to town along the interstate, set up their stand, and then spend busy hours side by side at the weekly farmers' market. But on this bustling Saturday, Laura's best fun comes when she is not together with her family. At it center, her story of the day opens like a great gate to give a glimpse-beyond the crowds, beneath the bright umbrellas-of a small and delicious surprise. The images of the widening out, and of a day starting in the blues of dawn, shifting to the golds of noon, and then to the purples later, are a surprise in themselves.

Title: GOING WEST
Author: VanLeeuwen, Jean
Grade Level: Intermediate
Description: This book recounts the challenges faced by a pioneer family during their first hard years in the American West through the eyes of young Hannah. Hannah tells of leaving her home and friends, traveling west in a covered wagon to start a new life. There are nights of sleeping under the stars, terrible storms, and crossing rivers so wide and deep that the horses had to swim across, followed by their cow. However, at the end of a year's hard work, their house began to feel like home.

Title: HAIRCUTS FOR THE WOOLSEYS
Author: dePaola, Tomie
Grade Level: Primary
Description: Winter is over at Fiddle-Dee-Dee Farms, and the Woolsey lambs can't wait to run and jump and play in the fields outside. But first they have their spring haircuts--clip, clip, clip. Then the next morning they wish they hadn't had those haircuts so soon, for the fields are covered in snow. But Granny has been busy all night, and her surprise solutions save the day.

Title: HOW NOW, BROWN COW?
Author: Schertle, Alice
Grade Level: Primary
Description: Poet Alice Schertle reveals the inner workings of a cow's mind and heart with uncanny certainty, while the paintings complement a collection of poems.

Title: HUNTING THE WHITE COW
Author: Seymour, Tres
Grade Level: Intermediate
Description: Somewhere north of Priceville there's a white cow nobody can catch....not Daddy, not Mr. Matthews the farmhand, not Uncle Bob or Uncle Bill, not even PaPaw, the best cow-caller in southern Kentucky. In this luminous picture book, a young girl, like the maiden searching for the unicorn, tells all that happens when she sets out to do what the menfolks cannot.

Title: I'M GOING TO BE A FARMER
Author: Kunhardt, Edith
Grade Level: Primary
Description: When Nathan grows up he wants to be a farmer, just like his mom and dad. In this book you will meet his family and spend a busy day on their farm as they feed the barn animals, ride the tractor, and pick potatoes, peppers, corn, and other vegetables. Follow the colorful photographs and find out how exciting a farmer's job can be!

Title: KATE OF STILL WATERS
Author: Stiles, Martha Bennett
Grade Level: Intermediate
Description: Thirteen-year-old Kate Chidden has always wanted to be a farmer like her father. She loves her family's Kentucky farm and works hard to learn everything about the farm that will someday belong to her and her sister. Then one year there is a terrible drought and all the farmers, including her father, owe money and are threatened by bank foreclosures. Kate's father is counting on the sale of his lamb crop to keep the Chidden's farm going, but one night dogs attach the flock and the family's future seems bleak. Kate does everything to help, as do other family members, but the family is still threatened. Kate learns that courage and perseverance makes all the difference.

Title: LINNEA'S WINDOWSILL GARDEN
Author: Anderson, Lena & Bjork, Christina
Grade Level: Intermediate
Description: Linnea loves plants. She grows them all over her room. In this book, she takes you on a tour of her indoor garden. She tells how to grow plants from pits, seeds and cuttings. She also teaches you what plants need to grow well: proper watering, fertilizer, pest protection. Linnea will also show you how to make garden-cress cheese, from homegrown cress of course. She also discusses the possible pitfalls and pleasures of growing an amaryllis and writes a plant newspaper, The Green Gazette.

Title: THE LITTLE LAMB
Author: Dunn, Juley
Grade Level: Primary
Description: Emmy takes a little lamb home as a pet. She nurtures and watches little Timothy grow until he is too big for her to care for anymore. This book features photos and detailed descriptions of the behavior of a little lamb.

Title: THE LITTLE PIG
Author: Dunn, Judy
Grade Level: Primary
Description: Michael watches the runt of the littler and takes her home for a pet. Lucy proves to be a challenge to take care of, but Michael decides to enter her in a pet show and comes away with the blue ribbon! This book features photos and detailed descriptions of the behavior of the little pig.

Title: THE LITTLE RED HEN, An Old Story
Author: Zemach, Margot
Grade Level: Primary
Description: In this classic tale, the resourceful red hen shows her lazy neighbors the value of honest work.

Title: THE MAYBE GARDEN
Author: Burke-Weiner, Kimberly
Grade Level: Primary/Intermediate
Description: A beautiful, poetic story about a young child's quest to become an independent and creative thinker. The child uses mother's ordinary suggestions for a garden as a springboard for unique and original ideas. Through the child's creativity, the spirit of the rest of the neighborhood is also sparked and the magic blooms in other gardens as well.

Title: MY FARM
Author: Lester, Alison
Grade Level: Intermediate - Upper Primary
Description: Alison Lester grew up on an Australian farm overlooking the sea. This is her story of a memorable year there, a year of herding cattle, winning a ribbon at the local fair, and helping Mom deliver a calf. Best of all, it is the year of the palomino pony.

Title: NIGHT IN THE COUNTRY
Author: Rylant, Cynthia
Grade Level: Primary
Description: There is no night so dark, so black as night in the country. And while the people dream of daytime things, the nighttime world awakens. Owls scoop, a rabbit patters and in the yard apples fall---plump!---from the tree. Listen. Go to the window. Across the field a light glows. Who else is up so late? Who else watches and hears sights and sounds of night in the country? Lyrical text and velvety pictures present a different kind of nighttime. A mysterious, moving night that will lull small children to sleep.

Title: "NOT NOW!" SAID THE COW
Author: Oppenheim, Joanne
Grade Level: Primary
Description: Crow asks for help. Cow answers, "Not now!"; "I'm asleep," baas Sheep; "Nix, nix!" peep the chicks. Find out what Crow wants and laugh along as he has the last...caw, caw!

Title: OLD MACDONALD HAD A FARM
Author: Jones, Carol (illustrator)
Grade Level: Primary
Description: Here is an engaging new look at a favorite old song. Each full-page illustration is crowded with things to discover -- the farmhouse and the barns, the tools and the animals that make up Old MacDonald's legendary farm. Children will always discover something new in these pictures.

Title: PANCAKES FOR BREAKFAST
Author: dePaola, Tomie
Grade Level: Primary
Description: When a taste for pancakes strikes, there is no better place to be than on a farm. Fresh milk and eggs are only a few steps out the door. Soon all the ingredients will add up to a delicious stack of pancakes.

Title: A PENNY'S WORTH OF CHARACTER
Author: Stuart, Jesse
Grade Level: Intermediate
Description: Shan learns a hard lesson in honesty when he finds that a chocolate bar and a lemon pop gotten by trying to pass off damaged merchandise to the neighborhood shopkeeper does not taste as sweet as he thought it would.

Title: THE PINKISH, PURPLISH, BLUISH EGG
Author: Reet, Bill
Grade Level: Primary
Description: A delightful book about Myrtle the bird and the strange egg she finds and what happens when it hatches.

Title: A PONY FOR KEEPS
Author: Sutton, Elizabeth Henning
Grade Level: Primary/Intermediate
Description: Meg is finally old enough to learn to ride a pony. Her first lessons are with Jefferson, a nice old pony. One sad day Meg learns that Jefferson will be moving away. She misses him very much until she receives Lady Jane, her pony for keeps. This book is illustrated with actual photos of children learning to take care of and ride ponies.

Title: PUMPKINS
Author: Ray, Mary Lyn
Grade Level: Primary
Description: This is a story about a field, a particular field, in a particular place, where it lives quietly until it is threatened by development. It's also a story about a man, a man who loves the field--enough to do something to save it.

Title: PUMPKIN PUMPKIN
Author: Titherington, Jeanne
Grade Level: Primary
Description: Jamie planted a pumpkin seed in the spring. He watched it grow all summer. By autumn it was big enough to make a perfect jack-o'-lantern for Halloween. Best of all, inside his pumpkin were more seeds for planting next spring. Very young children can easily follow the progress of Jamie's seeds as they develop from sprout to harvest. This book combines science with beautiful illustrations.

Title: RACCOONS AND RIPE CORN
Author: Arnosky, Jim
Grade Level: Primary
Description: The corn is ripe....and the raccoons are hungry. As the moon rises a mother raccoon and her two young begin an all night feast in a cornfield. Young children will experience an unforgettable wildlife-watching journey after venturing into this book.

Title: THE SEASONS OF ARNOLD'S APPLE TREE
Author: Gibbons, Gail
Grade Level: Primary
Description: Through the four seasons, Arnold finds uses for his apple tree.

Title: SHEEP IN A JEEP
Author: Shaw, Nancy
Grade Level: Primary
Description: Tag-a-long with these four sheep and see what mischief they encounter as they ride in their jeep!

Title: SPOT GOES TO THE FARM
Author: Hill, Eric
Grade Level: Primary
Description: Spot's visit to his dad at work on the farm turns into a lively romp looking for these baby animals behind a variety of lift up props: calf, foal, chick, lamb, duckling, piglet, kitten.

Title: THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Author: Carle, Eric
Grade Level: Primary
Description: Follow the caterpillars journey, as he searches for food, fills his hunger, and then flourishes into a beautiful butterfly.

Title: WARM AS WOOL
Author: Sanders, Scott Russell
Grade Level: Intermediate
Description: This book tells the story of the first pioneer, Betsy Ward, to own sheep in Randolph Township, Ohio. Betsy Ward's children were cold in their worn clothes and she was determined to make them warm clothes from raising sheep for wool. This book highlights the vital and largely unsung role women have played in our nation's growth.

Title: WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE FARM?
Author: Amery, Heather
Grade Level: Primary
Description: This book has been designed to amuse young children and stimulate them to talk, to encourage them to learn new words, and to distinguish visual differences of shape and color. The detailed illustrations and questions on each page are highlights that suggest starting points for conversations between children, parents, and teachers.

Title: THE YEAR OF NO MORE CORN
Author: Ketterman, Helen
Grade Level: Primary - Intermediate
Description: Beanie is too young for corn planting and Grampa is too old, so they pass the time with a story about Indiana in 1928, "the year of no more corn," when the rains came and floated half the people in the state over into Ohio. This scene sets the stage for a yarn taller than corn itself, about rain and wind and blazing sun, about fish and chickens and fat crows.

Title: THIS YEAR'S GARDEN
Author: Rylant, Cynthia
Grade Level: Primary
Description: A garden's cycle takes an entire year. Winter is the time for planning; spring is the planting. After the long summer, the first vegetables are ready to eat. Then comes the fall harvest. This picture book richly illustrates the family's year in the garden.

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