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  • Soil - A True BookLogin to Hold

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    Soil – A True Book

    Christin Ditchfield

    Explore soils and how we can take care of them within the pages of this book . Great to pair with gardening books and a soils unit, also with AITC's hands-on soils lessons. Index and glossary included in book. This book will need to be returned.
    Categories: Gardening, Soils
    Resource Type: Books
  • Sonya's ChickensLogin to Hold

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    Sonya’s Chickens

    Phoebe Wahl

    Sonya raises her three chickens from the time they are tiny chicks. She feeds them, shelters them and loves them. Everywhere Sonya goes, her chicks are peeping at her heels. Under her care, the chicks grow into hens and even give Sonya a wonderful gift: an egg! One night, Sonya hears noises coming from the chicken coop and discovers that one of her hens has disappeared. Where did the hen go? What happened to her? When Sonya discovers the answers, she learns some important truths about the interconnectedness of nature and the true joys and sorrows of caring for another creature.
    Categories: Animals, Gardening, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Sowing the Seeds of Wonder: Early Childhood EdLogin to Hold

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    Sowing the Seeds of Wonder: Early Childhood Ed

    Erika Perloff, Amy Carlson, Jill Begin

    This book offers hands-on activities from the educators at Life Lab that teachers can incorporate into their curriculum and instruction to help students learn and lead healthy lives. Preschool-age children will engage all of their senses as they investigate and explore the joys of gardening. Your young students will develop a lifelong connection to the outdoors as they dig into the soil; observe birds, insects, and other critters in the garden; and enjoy the tastes of fresh fruits and vegetables they have helped to plant, harvest, and prepare.
    Categories: Curriculum, Food, Foods & Nutrition, Gardening, Math, Science
  • Soybeans - an A to Z BookLogin to Hold

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    Soybeans – an A to Z Book

    Susan Anderson, Joanne Buggey

    Learn about soybeans from A-to-Z through the voice of a tractor named Agri-Culture. Everything your students want to know about soybeans is in this book. This book will need to be returned.
    Categories: Farming, Plants
    Resource Type: Books
  • SpudsLogin to Hold

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    Spuds, Taters and the French Fry Kids

    Kathy Coatney

    Farmer Terry is a spud guy. He raises two varieties of potatoes, Russet Norkotah and Red. Farmer Terry planted his first potatoes in high school with his brother, John, and continues to grow them today. Text with photographs of Farmer Terry tells the story of how potatoes are grown. This book will need to be returned.
    Categories: Farming, Foods & Nutrition
    Resource Type: Books
  • Sugar - A True BookLogin to Hold

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    Sugar – A True Book

    Elaine Landau

    This book explains the many different uses of sugar. Students learn what nutrients they get from this food, and why it is important to eat a balanced diet. Part of the A True Book series. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Farming, Foods & Nutrition
    Resource Type: Books
  • Sunflowers/GirasolesLogin to Hold

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    Sunflowers/Girasoles

    Grewndolyn Zepeda

    The tender relationship between grandparent and grandchild is illuminated in this children’s book. Children will sow and reap ideas of their own about ways to share a little joy, just as Marisol does with sunflowers.La relación entre un abuelo y un nieto está iluminada por este libro de niños. Los niños van a sembrar y cosechar sus propias ideas sobre maneras de compartir alegría, al igual que Marisol con sus girasoles.
    Categories: Food, Gardening, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books, Spanish
  • The BeemanLogin to Hold

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    The Beeman

    Laurie Krebs, Valerie Cis

    Told from the viewpoint of a child whose Grandpa is a beekeeper, this rhyming text offers an accessible and engaging introduction to the behavior of bees, including: where they live, how honey is made, and what a beekeeper does. The companion book to the Busy Bees lesson plan and the Busy Bees Kit. Please check the kit out separately.This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Food, Foods & Nutrition, General Agriculture, Insects, Lifecycles, Literacy Project Books
    Resource Type: Books
  • Sylvia's SpinachLogin to Hold

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    Sylvia’s Spinach

    Katherine Pryor

    Sylvia Spivens always says no to spinach. But one day Sylvia's teacher gives her a packet of spinach seeds to plant for the school garden. Overcoming her initial reluctance and giving the seeds a little love and patience, Sylvia discovers the joy of growing food and the pleasure of tasting something new.
    Categories: Food, Gardening, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Tales of the Dairy GodmotherLogin to Hold

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    Tales of the Dairy Godmother

    Viola Butler

    With the help of his Dairy Godmother, Chuck is taken—poof!—on a memorable and delicious adventure to a dairy farm. He finds out exactly where ice cream comes from and gains an even deeper love and appreciation for his favorite food. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Animals, Food, Foods & Nutrition
    Resource Type: Books
  • The Book of Gardening Projects for KidsLogin to Hold

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    The Book of Gardening Projects for Kids

    Whitney Cohen, John Fisher

    Many gardeners find that once they have children, gardening goes the way of late-night dinner parties and Sunday morning sleep-ins. Raising kids and maintaining a garden can be a juggling act, leaving the family garden forgotten and neglected. But kids can make great gardening companions, and the benefits of including them are impossible to ignore. Gardening gets kids outdoors and away from television and video games, increases their connection to plants and animals, and helps build enthusiasm for fresh fruits and vegetables. Their involvement becomes the real harvest of a family garden. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Foods & Nutrition, Gardening
    Resource Type: Books
  • Teaching in Nature's ClassroomLogin to Hold

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    Teaching in Nature’s Classroom

    Nathan Larson

    Best Practices in Garden-Based EducationIn a garden we are able to cultivate children’s love of learning, their appreciation of healthy food, and their connection to the natural world. With vision, commitment, and some good hard work, educators and families around the globe are ripping up pavement, sowing seeds, and growing garden classrooms because they believe children need to be engaged by hands-on learning in a context that matters to them. They need to know how delicious fresh healthy food can be; and they need to know, right down in their bones, that they are part of a vast and beautiful web of life. Borrow this resource from our library, or download it here. This resource is also available in Spanish.
    Categories: Gardening, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the WorldLogin to Hold

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    Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World

    Sy Montgomery

    When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew she was different. Years later she was diagnosed with autism. Temple’s doctor recommended institutionalizing her, but her mother believed in her. Temple went to school instead. Today, Dr. Temple Grandin, a scientist and professor of animal science at Colorado State University, is an autism advocate and her world-changing career revolutionized the livestock industry. This compelling biography and Temple's personal photos take us inside her extraordinary mind and open the door to a broader understanding of autism. This is a great resource for teaching about careers in agriculture!
    Categories: Animals, Farming, History, Technology, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • The Beeman Educator's GuideLogin to Hold

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    The Beeman Educator’s Guide

    American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture

    This educator's guide was developed to help professional and volunteer educators provide opportunities for students to experience The Beeman by Laurie Krebs. This engaging book introduces students to honeybees and pollinators. The educator's guide provides background information and standards-based instructional strategies for introducing these agricultural topics to young learners. This book will need to be returned.
    Categories: Animals
    Resource Type: Books
  • The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden StirredLogin to Hold

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    The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred

    Samantha R. Vamos

    This is the story of how the farm maiden and all the farm animals worked together to make the rice pudding that they serve at the fiesta. With the familiarity of "The House That Jack Built," this story bubbles and builds just like the ingredients of the arroz con leche that everyone enjoys. Cleverly incorporating Spanish words, adding a new one in place of the English word from the previous page, this book makes learning the language easy and fun.
    Categories: Animals, Foods & Nutrition, General Agriculture, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • The Cow in Patrick O'Shanahan's KitchenLogin to Hold

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    The Cow in Patrick O’Shanahan’s Kitchen

    Diana Prichard

    How now, milk cow? In this rib-tickling tale of a young boy faced with a very unusual breakfast guest, readers are treated to a deliciously humorous lesson in just where their next meal might come from. Join Patrick and his father as they face (and feast with) The Cow in Patrick O'Shanahan's Kitchen. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Animals, Foods & Nutrition
    Resource Type: Books