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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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"From Kristin Hannah, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone, comes an epic novel of love and heroism and hope, set against the backdrop of one of America's most defining eras-the Great Depression. Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens...
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Language
English
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"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 when...
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The annual Corn Maze Festival is coming and everyday 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.
5) O pioneers!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cather presents the story of the Nebraska prairie. Alexandra Bergson, daughter of Swedish immigrant farmers, is devoted to the land and suffers the hardships of prairie life.
Author
Series
West Country trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two teenagers, bound by love yet divided by fate, forge separate paths in England before World War I"--
Author
Series
Publisher
A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book/Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Farmer Brown and the animals are invited to Farm Day at school, he instructs them to be on their best behavior, forgetting that school can be like a barnyard.
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books, 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
Feeding Minds Press, American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A delicious celebration of food and farming sure to inspire readers of all ages to learn more about where their food comes from - right this very minute! Here are the stories of what farmers really do to bring food to the table.
15) My Antonia
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
The reminiscences of a New York lawyer, Jim Burden, about his boyhood in Nebraska, particularly a young Bohemian girl named Antonia Shimerda, are set against the backdrop of the American assimilation of the immigrant.
17) Earth
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
One of the undisputed masterpieces of the cinema, no single viewing of Earth will ever reveal all of its poetic brilliance. An old farmer dies, his grandson has a new vision to bring prosperity to his poor Ukraine village.
18) Modern Life
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Français
Description
Photographer and filmmaker Raymond Depardon is renowned for his documentation of the French countryside. In Modern Life he casts an affectionate and irreverent eye on a small community of farmers as they are confronted by the problems and challenges the contemporary world brings. Treated with equal suspicion, strangers and women are gradually accepted into the fabric of the farming life so as to sustain a way of life that celebrates the traditions...
19) Farmers help
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and full-color photographs describe a farmer's tools, workplace, and role in the community"--Provided by publisher.
20) Courting Cate
Author
Series
Courtships of Lancaster County volume 1
Language
English
Description
Cate Miller has scared off every suitor. Pete Troyer has never failed at anything. Could he be the one to finally tame the fiery Cate?
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