Learn about Farming with Books!

Cows Can Moo! Can You?: All About Farms

By: Bonnie Worth 

Join the Cat in the Hat as he spends a day on the farm with Mr. and Mrs. Greenbean and their three little greenbeans: Jean, Dean, and baby Irene! From dawn to dusk, kids will see cows being milked, chickens being fed, sheep being sheered, fields being tilled, fertilized, reaped, mowed, irrigated – and lots more! 

A Year on the Farm

By: Sue Unstead

Follow the busy lives of Mr. and Mrs. Farmer through “A Year on the Farm,” looking after the animals and growing crops. Look out for the busy Red Tractor who helps out. Level 1 DK Readers feature read-together stories for children just beginning to learn to read. These books contain short simple sentences, simple vocabulary, word repetition, and large type. Strong visual clues and special picture dictionary boxes help children with new words. Lively stories feature characters and topics that are familiar to young children. 

Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm

By: Lindsay Metcalf

Discover how both outdoor and indoor farms sustainably grow the food we eat throughout the year in this vibrant, rhyming picture book. 

Construction Site: Farming Strong, All Year Long

By: Sherri Duskey Rinker 

Told in rhyming text, six farm vehicles work through all the seasons, from spring planting to building a barn to protect the animals in winter. 

Look, See the Farm!

By: Bill Wilson 

“Look, See the Farm!” is the heartwarming story of two sisters visiting their grandparents’ organic farm during each of the four seasons, discovering the many interesting creatures that make the farm their home. Young readers will gain a look at the farm life and the animals living on the farm, as well as discovering the wild birds that thrive there. 

Marley, Farm Dog 

By: Susan Hill 

When Marley’s family visits Uncle Bob’s farm, Marley tries to help with the chores by rounding up the chickens and herding the sheep, but he seems to just get in the way.