Karen GoatKeeper's Blog - Posts Tagged "agriculture"
"Raccoons and Ripe Corn", "Hurry!" and "Beatrice's Goat"
Agriculture past and present, both here and abroad is a good topic for young children so they appreciate where their food comes from.
Raccoons and Ripe Corn
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Jim Arnosky
Masked bandits. The bane of any corn grower. This is a good look at how raccoons attack a stand of ripe corn.
The story is simple and direct. The illustrations have a soft look. Raccoons in pictures look so cute. Each illustration has lots more in it than just the raccoons and corn.
Hurry!
5 stars
Author: Jessie Haas
Illustrator: Jos. A. Smith
Before tractors and hay equipment arrived on the scene, hay was cut by hand. It was gathered up with pitchforks onto a big horse-drawn wagon and taken into the barn. Rain was the enemy as it would ruin the hay.
This book is a rich tale of a farm family trying to get their hay into the barn before the rains begin. The illustrations bring out how this was done.
Beatrice's Goat
5 stars
Author: Page McBrier
Illustrator: Lori Lohstoeter
Heifer International has been donating farm animals to rural people around the world for decades. This is about a young girl whose family receives a goat and how this animal changes the family's circumstances, especially changing Beatrice's life.
The illustrations are richly colored. The goat is adorable. They are a good introduction to how people in other places live.
Raccoons and Ripe Corn
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Jim Arnosky
Masked bandits. The bane of any corn grower. This is a good look at how raccoons attack a stand of ripe corn.
The story is simple and direct. The illustrations have a soft look. Raccoons in pictures look so cute. Each illustration has lots more in it than just the raccoons and corn.
Hurry!
5 stars
Author: Jessie Haas
Illustrator: Jos. A. Smith
Before tractors and hay equipment arrived on the scene, hay was cut by hand. It was gathered up with pitchforks onto a big horse-drawn wagon and taken into the barn. Rain was the enemy as it would ruin the hay.
This book is a rich tale of a farm family trying to get their hay into the barn before the rains begin. The illustrations bring out how this was done.
Beatrice's Goat
5 stars
Author: Page McBrier
Illustrator: Lori Lohstoeter
Heifer International has been donating farm animals to rural people around the world for decades. This is about a young girl whose family receives a goat and how this animal changes the family's circumstances, especially changing Beatrice's life.
The illustrations are richly colored. The goat is adorable. They are a good introduction to how people in other places live.
