A Farm Life

Preschoolers will have plenty of fun while learning about numbers, colors, and animals.

Documents the first year spent by the Harvard-graduate author with her new husband on their sustainable farm in the Adirondacks, describing how she withdrew from big-city life to be married in their barn loft, the difficult obstacles they faced attempting to provide a whole diet for one hundred locals, and the rewards of a physical-labor lifestyle.

A busy family and their friends spend a day working and playing on the farm. From milking the cows in the morning to closing the gate at night, learn about a day in the life of a farming family. Enhanced CD includes video animation and audio singalong.

Fresh eggs. Grandmother's pickling jars. Backyard orchards Meet new farmers, learn how they grow food, and join the movement preparing their favorite dishes with farm fresh ingredients.

Eleven-year-old Elva has a very busy summer splashing in the creek, enjoying two family weddings, going to a fair, joining in hymn sings with other Mennonite youth, and helping prepare for school to begin anew.

Describes the experiences of a young girl as she raises pigs as part of a 4-H project.

Mathematics professor from Brown University uses colorful illustrations and cartoons to display the concepts of infinity and large numbers.

How big can a pumpkin grow? When is the best time to plant corn? Melissa Lehman knows. She lives on a crop farm and tells readers about the fun, and work, that goes into planting, growing, picking, and selling crops.

Describes daily life in the farming community of Monticello, Wisconsin.

Switzer's memoir covers four generations of life on the family farm in Illinois. The tale is enhanced with photographs plus watercolors and woodblock prints by the author's wife and son. Frank E. Barmore adds information about the nineteenth-century history of this family farm, the Barmore family, and the settling of that area of Illinois.