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  • Bread Comes to Life — A Garden of Wheat and a Loaf to EatLogin to Hold

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    Bread Comes to Life — A Garden of Wheat and a Loaf to Eat

    George Levenson

    This book is filled with stunning color photography of wheat growing, dough rising, and bread baking. Includes detailed information about growing wheat, the magic of yeast, and a recipe for whole wheat bread. This book needs to be returned. 
  • Bread LabLogin to Hold

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    Bread Lab

    Kim Binczewski & Bethany Econopouly

    It’s a sleepy Saturday morning for most people, but not for Iris, who has to feed her many pets before Aunt Mary arrives. Iris likes to call Aunt Mary “Plant Mary” because she is a plant scientist.Today Aunt Mary wants to experiment with making whole wheat sourdough bread from scratch! As the family kitchen transforms into a bread lab, Iris is surprised that bread needs only four ingredients―flour, water, salt and starter. She also learns about the invisible microbes that make the dough rise, and how flour comes from wheat grown by farmers. It all seems magical, but it’s really science. This book needs to be returned. 
  • Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa StoryLogin to Hold

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    Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story

    S.D. Nelson

    This fascinating picture book biography tells the childhood story of Buffalo Bird Woman—a Hidatsa Indian born around 1839. Through her true story, readers learn what it was like to be part of this Native American community, which lived along the Missouri River in the Dakotas, a society that depended on agriculture for food and survival rather than hunting. This book leads well into discussions of agricultural practices used by Oregon tribes both historically and today.
  • Busy Bees Kit

    This kit allows students to "become" bees and pollinate different Oregon crops. Click here for the lesson plan. Please check out the book separately.This kit does not need to be returned.Kit Includes: Images of beehive, blueberry bush, apple tree, and flowers; chalk; cotton swab "bees"; and a paper lesson plan.Please put the number of students in your class in the quantity section at checkout to ensure the correct number of supplies gets to you.  
  • Butterflies on Carmen Street/Mariposas en la Calle CarmenLogin to Hold

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    Butterflies on Carmen Street/Mariposas en la Calle Carmen

    Monica Brown

    This engaging bilingual picture book about migration combines the wonder of nature with the places we carry in our hearts.Este libro bilingüe y encantador sobre la migración combina la maravilla de la naturaleza con los lugares que nosotros traemos en nuestroz corazones.
  • Butterfly ParkLogin to Hold

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    Butterfly Park

    Elly Mackay

    When a little girl moves to a new town, she finds a place called Butterfly Park. But when she opens the gate, there are no butterflies. Determined to lure the butterflies in, the girl inspires her entire town to help her. And with their combined efforts, soon the butterflies—and the girl—feel right at home. Let this book inspire you to plant a pollinator garden at your school and/or in your classroom!
  • Calling the Doves/El Canto de las PalomasLogin to Hold

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    Calling the Doves/El Canto de las Palomas

    Juan Felipe Herrerra

    "Poet Juan Felipe Herrera's bilingual memoir paints a vivid picture of his migrant farmworker childhood. His rich, evocative prose re-creates the joy of eating under the open sky, celebrating at a fiesta with other farm families, and listening to his mother singing Mexican songs and his father calling the doves.Las memorias bilingües del poeta Juan Felipe Herrerra pintan una imagen vívida de su infancia campesina. Su prosa profunda y evocadora recrea la alegría de comer bajo el cielo abierto, de celebrar una fiesta con otras familias de agricultores, y de escuchar a su madre cantando canciones mexicanas y su padre llamando a las palomas. "
  • Carrots Grow UndergroundLogin to Hold

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    Carrots Grow Underground

    Mari Schuh

    Simple text and photographs describe how carrots grow underground. This book needs to be returned. 
  • Cherries and Cherry PitsLogin to Hold

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    Cherries and Cherry Pits

    Vera B. Williams

    No one can tell a story quite like Bidemmi. When she starts to draw, her imagination takes off. Enter her world, look at her pictures, and watch her stories grow and grow—just like the forest of cherry trees she imagines right on her own block. Bidemmi's imagination will spark those of your students!
  • Chickens Aren't the Only OnesLogin to Hold

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    Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones

    Ruth Heller

    Ruth Heller's prose and pictures are the perfect means for discovering the variety of oviparous animals and their unique ways of laying eggs. This book needs to be returned. 
  • PancakesLogin to Hold

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    Chicken – Life Cycle

    David M. Schwartz

    This short book shows the entire life cycle of a chicken, from being laid as an egg, to a fully mature chicken. This book needs to be returned. 
  • Christmas FarmLogin to Hold

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    Christmas Farm

    Mary Lyn Ray

    When Wilma decides her garden needs a new beginning, she gathers string, scissors, shovels, sixty-two dozen balsam seedlings, and Parker, her five-year-old neighbor. Year after year, Wilma and Parker nurture their trees, keeping careful count of how many they plant, how many perish, and how many grow to become fine, full Christmas trees. A cozy, holiday read-aloud and a lyrical way to usher in the month of December. This book will need to be returned.
  • Combine HarvestersLogin to Hold

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    Combine Harvesters

    Hannah Wilson

    This book belongs to the great Kingfisher Readers series. This series includes books made for different reading levels, this book is level 2. It includes engaging pictures to help readers understand, as well as adding in longer sentences with a broader vocabulary. This book will give students a more in depth understanding of what a combine looks like and how farmers use this large piece of machinery to harvest their crops. This book will need to be returned.
  • ChickensLogin to Hold

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    Chickens

    Robin Nelson

    Take a visit to the farm and learn about the features and roles of a chicken. This pairs well with our egg incubators!
  • Compost StewLogin to Hold

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    Compost Stew

    Mary McKenna Siddals

    Kids everywhere can help the environment! Not only is composting becoming more common in households and residential gardens, but many school gardens feature compost piles, too. But how do you start a compost pile? What’s safe to include? Perfect for an Earth Day focus or year-round reference, this inviting book provides all the answers for kids and families looking for simple, child-friendly ways to help the planet.
  • Come and Eat!Login to Hold

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    Come and Eat!

    George Ancona

    We all need to eat in order to live, but not everyone goes about eating a meal the same way. Simple text and fun photographs answer the questions: who, when, how, what, where, and why we eat, introducing readers to a feast of food traditions from around the world.