Learn about country life with farm books
Farm books for kids are great for supplementing a field trip or learning more about where our food comes from. While we don’t live on a farm, it sometimes feels like it because of all the critters we care for. We became backyard farmers to a certain extent as a result of one of our field trips a few years ago. My sons came home from an alpaca farm with three fertilized eggs, which they successfully incubated and hatched!
There are several farms near where we live, so we take advantage of field trip opportunities for hands-on learning. Of course, a great way to introduce or follow up on these field trips is to read themed farm books. Even if you can’t visit in person, reading books like The Year At Maple Hill Farm will make you feel like you’ve had a glimpse into farm life.
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Happy reading!
Our favorite farm themed books
- The Year At Maple Hill Farm
- James Herriot’s Treasury for Children: Warm and Joyful Tales by the Author of All Creatures Great and Small
- Big Red Barn
- The Jolly Barnyard (Little Golden Book)
- Old MacDonald Had a Farm (Little Golden Book)
- The Little Red Hen (Little Golden Book)
- Barnyard Dance! (Boynton on Board)
- Where Do Chicks Come From? (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)
- Chicks & Chickens
- Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
- Sheep in a Jeep (board book)
- Beatrice’s Goat
- Charlie the Ranch Dog
- Dream Snow
- Scarecrow
- Winter on the Farm (Little House Picture Book)
- Little House on the Prairie (Little House, No 3)
- Thimble Summer
- The Boxcar Children Beginning: The Aldens of Fair Meadow Farm
- Charlotte’s Web
- Farmer Boy (Little House)
- Diary of an Early American Boy
- Farm Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of Country Life
Wow! What a huge round up of farm books and activities! Pinned to my “science” page.
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