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341) The fields
Author
Series
Riley Fisher volume 1
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
It starts with a body-a young woman found dead in an Iowa cornfield, on one of the few family farms still managing to compete with the giants of Big Agriculture. When Sergeant Riley Fisher, newly promoted to head of investigations for the Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office, arrives on the scene, an already horrific crime becomes personal when she discovers the victim was a childhood friend, connected to a dark past she thought she'd left behind. The...
342) The golden goose
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Farmer Skint and his family on Woebegone Farm have fallen on hard times, but their luck changes with the arrival of a special golden goose.
343) Stanley the farmer
Author
Series
Stanley books (William Bee) volume 3
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"It's going to be a busy day down on Stanley's Farm. From plowing the field, to planting the seeds, to harvesting the wheat, Stanley and his friends Shamus and Little Woo have a lot to do"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
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!
346) Bo hatches a plan
Author
Series
Good dog volume 11
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
As spring arrives on the Davis family farm, Bo is entrusted with guarding the chicken eggs, but his playtime with his friend Scrapper turns things eggs-tra challenging.
347) April foolishness
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Grandma, Grandpa, and the grandkids enjoy April Fools' Day on the farm.
348) Una nueva cosecha
Author
Publisher
Cuento de Luz
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Hay personas que, por alguna razón, lo pierden todo. Rodrigo fue una de ellas. Pero hubo una cosa que no perdió, y fue la esperanza.Rodrigo pierde su casa familiar debido a un devastador tornado que lo ha destrozado todo. Sin hogar y rodeado de escombros, siente un vacío gigante en el corazón y casi se da por vencido. Pero entonces se acuerda de las palabras que su padre repetía en tiempos de crisis: Hay que seguir adelante, no queda otra. Y...
Author
Series
Good dog volume 3
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Bo Davis, a sheepdog puppy, gets help from his farm friends when he has trouble herding sheep and climbing on rocks.
Author
Series
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Love for the Land explores the power and potential of people-place relationships. Through clear and compelling prose, it elevates the virtues of imagination, affection, and fidelity--concepts promoted by farmer-writer Wendell Berry--and shows how they motivate small- and mid-scale farmers to care for the land, even in the face of adversity. Paying particular attention to farmland loss from suburban sprawl, rampant agricultural consolidation, and,...
Author
Publisher
Covergent
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The Great Blue Hills of God is the powerful, resilient memoir by the creative force behind legendary, award-winning farm-to-table resort, Blackberry Farm, in Tennessee. Born with "the gift of hospitality," Kreis Beall helped create one of the South's most enchanting destinations, Blackberry Farm, in Tennessee's Smoky Mountain foothills. For decades, she was a fixture in the entertaining and design world and on the glossy pages of popular shelter...
352) Life is good
Author
Series
Good dog volume 6
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"One fine winter day, Bo experiences his first snow fall! Most of the animals on the farm know how to handle cold weather. But when he sees that the barn cats are freezing their tails off, Bo decides to lend a helping paw."--
353) Princess Pig
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A pig believes herself to be a princess and behaves accordingly, but soon learns that being royalty has a price.
354) Northern borders
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Austen Kittredge recalls his boyhood when, in 1948, at the age of six, his widowed father sent him away to live with his paternal grandparents on their farm in northern Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. He lovingly recalls the county fair, the annual family reunion and Shakespeare performance, and conflicts at the one-room schoolhouse as he grew into manhood.
356) McGillycuddy could!
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Although McGillicuddy the kangaroo cannot produce wool or milk or lay eggs, the other animals learn that kangaroos can bring special skills to the farm.
357) The good master
Author
Publisher
The Viking Press
Pub. Date
1935.
Language
English
Description
Kate's father sends her to stay with her relatives in the countryside of Hungary where she has many adventures with her cousin, Jancsi, including horseback races, fun at the fair and encounters with gypsies.
Author
Publisher
Liveright
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Attracted to an artists' colony on a drought-stricken honey farm where residents are offered free room and board in exchange for hard labor, a wide-eyed poetry graduate falls for a fellow artist and begins to notice tensions linked to ominous events and her hostess's past.
359) To a God unknown
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Ancient pagan beliefs, the great Greek epics, and the Bible all inform this extraordinary novel by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck, which occupied him for more than five difficult years. While fulfilling his dead father's dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a magnificent tree on the farm embodies his father's spirit. His brothers and their families share in Joseph's prosperity, and the farm flourishes-until...
360) Anne of Green Gables
Author
Series
Publisher
Manga Classics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Siblings Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert were planning to adopt an orphaned boy to help out around their farm, Green Gables - instead, they got Anne Shirley. A plucky redheaded girl with a vibrant imagination, Anne turns first Green Gables and then the rest of Prince Edward Island on its ear."--
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