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  • Agricultura...nos da más que sólo comidaLogin to Hold

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    Agricultura…nos da más que sólo comida

    This book gives great lessons on agriculture in both English and Spanish.This book needs to be returned. 
  • All Around the Farm: John DeereLogin to Hold

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    All Around the Farm: John Deere

    Heather Alexander

    Packed with images and information, a brand-new tour of farm machines, farm animals, and farm life will transport children right to the field and the barn as they expand their vocabulary and understanding of where their food comes from. This book needs to be returned. 
  • An Earthworm's LifeLogin to Hold

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    An Earthworm’s Life

    John Himmelman

    Have you ever wondered how many nature's smallest creatures spend their days? Here's your chance to take a scientifically accurate peek at the world from their point of view. This book will need to be returned.
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    Apples – A True Book

    Elaine Landau

    Learn about apples in every way possible.  After reading this book your students will know how apples grow, where they grow, and the history behind apples. This book needs to be returned.  
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    Apples Grow on a Tree

    Mari Schuh

    Simple text and photographs describe how apples grow on trees. This book needs to be returned. 
  • Apple FractionsLogin to Hold

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    Apple Fractions

    Jerry Pallotta

    Author Jerry Pallotta use a variety of different apples to teach kids all about fractions in this innovative and enjoyable book. This book will need to be returned.
  • Aquaponics KitLogin to Hold

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    Aquaponics Kit

    Raise fish and grow salad greens in your classroom! This kit guides students through an investigation of what plants and animals need in order to survive, nutrient cycling, and how organisms interact in an ecosystem. This kit includes clear tubs, an overflow drain kit, submersible fountain pump, flexible tubing, clay pellets, a glow light, a timer, a water test kit, ammonium chloride, a thermometer, seeds, fish food, a fish net, an aquarium cave, and a construction and maintenance guide. Fish and water must be provided by the educator. Explore the companion lesson here.This item is loaned out on a yearly basis, and must be returned in June at the end of the academic year. This item is too large to be mailed and must be picked up from the Washington County office in Hillsboro.
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    Arriba, Abajo y Alrededor

    Kathrerine Ayres

    Los pimientos crecen hacia arriba. Las papas crecen hacia abajo. Y alrededor, las calabazas se enredan, se enredan y se enredan. De semillas que caen al suelo hasta el maíz que parece reventar, ¡todo en este huerto está en movimiento!
  • Auntie Yang's Great Soybean PicnicLogin to Hold

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    Auntie Yang’s Great Soybean Picnic

    Ginnie Lo

    A Chinese American girl's Auntie Yang discovers soybeans-a favorite Chinese food-growing in Illinois, leading her family to a soybean picnic tradition that grows into an annual community event. What crops hold special significance for your students?
  • Beef Cattle - an A to Z bookLogin to Hold

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    Beef Cattle – an A to Z book

    Susan Anderson

    Learn about the life cycle of beef cattle from A-to-Z through the voice of a tractor named Agri-Culture. Everything your students want to know about beef cattle is in this book. This book needs to be returned. 
  • Bee-bim bopLogin to Hold

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    Bee-bim bop

    Linda Sue Park

    Bee-bim bop (the name translates as “mix-mix rice”) is a traditional Korean dish of rice topped, and then mixed, with meat and vegetables. In bouncy rhyming text, a hungry child tells about helping her mother make bee-bim bop: shopping, preparing ingredients, setting the table, and finally sitting down with her family to enjoy a favorite meal. This story is a great example of how families engage with the food system every time they eat!
  • Beef Cattle in the Story of AgricultureLogin to Hold

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    Beef Cattle in the Story of Agriculture

    Susan Anderson

    Learn the story about beef cattle in agriculture from production to consumerism. This book will need to be returned.
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    Bees – A True Book

    Elaine Landau

    All of the basics about bees can be found in this book. Students will learn about anatomy, beekeeping, what bees make for us, and so much more. Easy to read, with lots of pictures, this book will have students buzzing about bees! This book will need to be returned.
  • Before We Eat: From Farm to TableLogin to Hold

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    Before We Eat: From Farm to Table

    Pat Brisson, Mary Azarian

    Before we eat, many people must work very hard―planting grain, catching fish, tending animals, and filling crates. In this book, readers find out what must happen before food can get to our table to nourish our bodies and spirits. The companion for this book is the Agricultural Networking Kit. Please check the kit out separately. This book will need to be returned.Featured as the 2016 Literacy Project book.
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    We Love Fruit – Rookie Read Series

    Allan Fowler

    This book is part of the Rookie Read Series. This focuses on fruit. These are easy to read, perfect for beginning readers to learn about agriculture.This book needs to be returned. 
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    Blackberry Banquet

    Terry Pierce

    Mmm-mm! Forest animals squeak, tweet, slurp, yip and chomp over the sweet, plump fruit of a wild blackberry bush. But what happens when a bear arrives to take part in the feast? Young children will enjoy following the story by making the animal sounds, and the chaos that strikes upon the bear's arrival will surely bring on the laughter. The cumulative, rhyming text makes for a great read-aloud.The "For Creative Minds" educational section includes: Blackberry fun facts, How we eat blackberries (with smoothie recipe), Plants are the bottom of the food chain, Plants and animals, How do animals help plants?, and Are plants always good?This book needs to be returned.