What are three city friends to do when a couple of newly adopted baby poodles turn out to be sheep and some eggs thought to be rotten hatch into ducklings? For Gemma, Meera, and Karl, the answer's easy...turn the abandoned train station into a city farm! Throw in a friendly policeman, a chicken-herding dog, and a pair of runaway goats, and you've got yourserl the start of Silver Street Farm, the little farm in the big city... Welcome to Silver Street...

"Doug the robot takes a hands-on approach to learning about farm life when the family car gets stuck in a ditch on the way to visit the grandbots"--

Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.

A young girl sets out on errands for the day, and while she's gone, the farm maiden prepares a piñata from scratch with help from a boy, horse, goose, cat, sheep, and farmer. After they all fall asleep in the afternoon sun, they must scramble to finish preparations in time--just as the girl arrives back to her surprise party. Key English words change to Spanish as the cumulative verse builds to the celebratory ending. With the familiarity of "The...

Cowboy Small takes good care of his horse, rides the range, helps in the roundup, and rides a bucking bronco.

It's a beautiful, sunny Easter Day in Sweden. The farmer and his family are having breakfast before going to church. But Goran the bull is angry. He charges down the barn and out into the yard. Karl, a seven-year-old farm boy, has a plan to calm Goran down. But, can a very small boy tame a very big bull?

Describes the activities on a busy family farm from the spring when preparations for planting begin to the autumn when the cats grow winter coats and the cold rains begin to fall.

When the animals and equipment at the farm need more space, Tractor Mac comes to the rescue by helping to build a barn.

Hazel knows a lot about the world. That's because when she's not hanging with her best friend, taking care of her dog, or helping care for the goats on her family's farm, she loves reading through dusty encyclopedias. But even Hazel doesn't have answers for the questions awaiting her as she enters eighth grade. What if no one at her new school gets her, and she doesn't make any friends? What's going to happen to one of her moms, who's pregnant again...

A traditional wooden barn weathers time, change, and new owners while providing shelter and comfort to animals and humans alike.