John Deere Kids Dirt

John Deere Kids Dirt
Author: Jack Redwing
Publisher: John Deere Peek-A-Flap Board B
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781680528107

Let's play with John Deere Each hardworking farm life scene will engage your little one with a pair of lift-a-flaps with peek-a-boo surprises. Talk about the different machines that are a big help on the farm. Inside the flaps, you'll find fun facts about items in the artwork. 12 chunky flaps with peek-through holes, easy for little hands to open and close Lifting flaps encourage the use of fine motor skills and the content-rich text builds vocabulary Colorful and engaging illustrations Officially licensed John Deere product Collect all the books in the Peek-a-Flap series

John Deere Kids I Am a Tractor

John Deere Kids I Am a Tractor
Author: Jack Redwing
Publisher: John Deere Finger Puppet Board
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-02-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781680528060

Nothing runs or reads like a John Deere finger puppet tractor book This interactive farming story features a fun finger puppet tractor toy built into the book encouraging interactive play, hand-eye coordination, and language development in your little one. Babies and toddlers learn best when they are playing, especially when their grown-ups are in on the fun A must for your little tractor enthusiast Collect the entire series in the Finger Puppet Collection Fun tractor puppet encourages interactive play between little ones and their grown-ups Soft plush and a rhyming story combine to provide both tactile and verbal learning opportunities Practice hand-eye coordination while enjoying together time Great gift for the little John Deere fan in your life Officially licensed John Deere product

Grandpa's Tractor

Grandpa's Tractor
Author: Michael Garland
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2020-09-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1635924332

Generations have fallen in love with this classic story of a grandson and grandfather whose visit to a family farm with a special tractor brings back memories. Don't miss the new companion title Grandma's Farm — now available! Grandpa Joe takes his grandson Timmy back to the site of his family’s farm, where the old house and a ramshackle barn still stand. The visit stirs up memories for Grandpa Joe—in particular, the majesty of his own father's shiny red tractor, now rusting in the forgotten fields. An ideal gift, this picture book evokes nostalgia while demonstrating a special bond between a grandparent and grandchild.

Johnny Tractor and His Pals

Johnny Tractor and His Pals
Author: Louise Price Bell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1988
Genre: Farm equipment
ISBN:

Johnny tractor and the other pieces of farm equipment try to decide which of them is the most important to the farmer.

Johnny Tractor and the Hide-and-Seek Cat

Johnny Tractor and the Hide-and-Seek Cat
Author: Running Press
Publisher: Running Press Kids
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-02-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780762435104

Johnny Tractor and Allie Gator are ready to feed the animals on Merriweather Farm, but they can't find Midnight the cat. They search all over, from the barnyard and the apple orchard to the cornfield and the meadow. Lift the 50 sturdy flaps as you help J.T. and Allie look for Midnight.

Corny Cornpicker Finds a Home

Corny Cornpicker Finds a Home
Author: Lois Zortman Hobbs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 17
Release: 1997-09-01
Genre: Agricultural implements
ISBN: 9781887327169

Corny Cornpicker is bought by a farmer who neglects him, and he wonders if he will ever see his friend, Johnny Tractor, again. A new farmer buys Corny and brings all the old friends back together again.

Peek-A-Flap Moo

Peek-A-Flap Moo
Author: Jaye Garnett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-01-16
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781680526134

Oink, oink! Moo! Meet all the friendly animals on the farm in this interactive lift the flap sturdy board book. Explore the features: Little ones will love exploring every farm-themed page filled with fun facts, new vocabulary words, and surprises found under sturdy lift-a-flaps while learning all about farmyard animals and their habitats along the way! Lets go to my farm and meet chickens, cows, ducks, roosters, horses, pigs, llamas, fish and more while touring the barn, pasture, field, and pond! Durable pages and chunky flaps are perfect for little exploring hands, which also help strengthen hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills. A lively, educational first farm introduction designed to entertain and engage curious little readers. A must for little animal lovers! 12 chunky flaps with peek-through holes easy for little hands to open and close Sturdy board pages for little exploring hands to read over and over again. Flip the flap up and down to discover new animals. Packed with fun animal and agricultural facts and peek-a-boo surprises! Lifting flaps encourage the use of fine motor skills and the content-rich text builds vocabulary Playful illustrations perfect for keeping toddlers and preschoolers entertained and engaged Collect the entire Peek-a-Flap Board Book series! Little ones will love these books!

Nothing but the Dirt

Nothing but the Dirt
Author: Kate Benz
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2022-07-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0700633456

In this work of creative nonfiction, author Kate Benz provides an intimate look at the present-day residents of Courtland, Kansas (population 285), a town whose economy depends almost entirely on agriculture. Through charming, first-person accounts, Nothing but the Dirt: Stories from an American Farm Town tells the whole story of life in Courtland, bucking the “Rural America is dying” narrative that so often proliferates national headlines about small-town USA. Throughout the book, Benz paints a picture of community that is unwilling to give up on each other. Macro-level issues such as rising tariffs, operation costs versus sinking commodity prices, and infusions of federal farm subsidies affect the locals’ daily livelihood, but it’s their love of their community that continues their collective efforts to keep Main Street open for business and Courtland on the map. These are the stories from one corner of rural America, told through the people who live there: the fourth-generation farmers, the young professionals, the transplants, the small business owners (many of whom are women)—a community that is nuclear, blended, straight, gay, red, blue, religious, and anything but. Young people who grew up in Courtland are moving back to raise their kids there, but instead of farming, they are opening breweries, boutiques, marketing agencies, or hair salons. They love rural life but want a new way to define it. Courtland is a community that is unwaveringly determined to keep their corner of rural America not only alive but thriving, refusing to let challenges define or deter them. Instead, they continuously find creative ways to overcome, adapt, improve, and move forward.

Pay Dirt

Pay Dirt
Author: Rita Mae Brown
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1996-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0553572369

“Mrs Murphy’s fourth caper will be lapped up like half-and-half by the faithful.”—Kirkus Reviews “The best yet.”—Publishers Weekly The residents of tiny Crozet, Virginia, thrive on gossip, especially in the post office, where Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen presides with her tiger cat, Mrs. Murphy. So when a belligerent Hell’s Angel crashes Crozet demanding to see his girlfriend, the leather-clad interloper quickly becomes the chief topic of conversation. Then the biker is found murdered, and everyone is baffled. Well, almost everyone . . . Mrs. Murphy and her friends, Welsh corgi Tee Tucker and overweight feline Pewter, haven’t been slinking through alleys for nothing. But can they dig up the truth in time to save their humans from a ruthless killer? “If you must work with a collaborator, you want it to be someone with intelligence, wit, and an infinite capacity for subtlety—someone, in fact, very much like a cat. . . . It’s always a pleasure to visit this cozy world.”—The New York Times Book Review

Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth

Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth
Author: William Bryant Logan
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2007-01-17
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0393351602

"A gleeful, poetic book…Like the best natural histories, Dirt is a kind of prayer." —Los Angeles Times Book Review "You are about to read a lot about dirt, which no one knows very much about." So begins the cult classic that brings mystery and magic to "that stuff that won't come off your collar." John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Saint Phocas, Darwin, and Virgil parade through this thought-provoking work, taking their place next to the dung beetle, the compost heap, dowsing, historical farming, and the microscopic biota that till the soil. Whether William Bryant Logan is traversing the far reaches of the cosmos or plowing through our planet’s crust, his delightful, elegant, and surprisingly soulful meditations greatly enrich our concept of "dirt," that substance from which we all arise and to which we all must return.