This is the story of maize and the Native American farmers who found and nourished it from a wild grass plant into the corn we know today. Clear accurate illustrations accompany text on each page.
From seeds dropping into soil to corn bursting from its stalks, from children chasing butterflies to ants burrowing underground, everything in this vibrant picture book pulses with life --- in all directions! Sprightly illustrations set the mood for a rhythmic text that follows nature's course to a final feast of backyard bounty.
Up in the garden, the world is full of green leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, and ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home. In this exuberant and lyrical book, discover the wonders that lie hidden between stalks, under the shade of leaves and down in the dirt. This book needs to be returned.
This is the diary of a worm. This worm lives with his parents, plays with his friends, and even goes to school. But unlike you or me, he never has to take a bath, he gets to eat his homework, and because he doesn't have legs, he just can't do the hokey pokey – no matter how hard he tries.This book needs to be returned.
Engage young readers in real science with this informative, fun, fact-filled book. This series is aligned with the standards, "The Earth" and "Forces of Nature" as required by Benchmarks for Science Literacy. This book needs to be returned.
Dairy foods are smooth, creamy, and healthy. Learn about how MyPlate helps kids make great food choices every day, including dairy! This book will need to be returned.
Diana Hopkins lived in a white house. THE White House. World War II is in full force across the seas. It's 1943, President Roosevelt is in office, and Diana's father, Harry Hopkins, is his chief advisor. And Diana wants to be part of the war effort. After some well-intentioned missteps (her quarantine sign on her father's office door was not well-received), the President requests her help with his newest plan for the country's survival: Victory Gardens!
Marisa gets to help make dumplings this year to celebrate the New Year. But she worries if anyone will eat her funny-looking dumplings. Set in the Hawaiian islands, this story celebrates the joyful mix of food, customs, and languages from many cultures.
This book is about Walter the town baker who accidentally angers the Duke. In order to make amends, he is tasked with inventing a roll through which the morning sun can shine through three times. This book needs to be returned.
This book is about eggs changing form. Mixing, cooking, and adding salt and pepper are all part of making scrambled eggs. This book will need to be returned.
This book explains the many different uses of eggs. Students learn what nutrients they get from this food, and why it is important to eat a balanced diet. Part of the What’s for Lunch series. This book needs to be returned.
Amelia Luisa Martinez odia los caminos. Los caminos llevan su familia migrante al campo donde ellos trabajan todo el día, a las escuelas donde nadie conoce su nombre, y a cabañas desoladas que no están en casa. Amelia anhela una casa bella y blanca con un gran árbol de sombra, donde ella puede vivir sin preocuparse por los caminos. Un día, Amelia descubre un “camino fortuito”. Al final ella encuentra un árbol viejo y asombroso que parece el arbol de sus sueños. El majestuoso sentido de permanencia del árbol la inspira a crear sus propios raíces especiales.
George Levenson, Shmuel Thaler, Alberto Jimenez Rioja
This treat of a picture book comes cloaked in the colors of fall. Bouncy verses and glowing photographs show a backyard pumpkin patch move through its natural cycle; seeds sprouting, flowers blooming, bees buzzing, pumpkins growing . . .and then going back to earth. Also includes an author's note explaining how to grow your own pumpkin! This book is available in English under Pumpkin Circle. This book will need to be returned.
The day-to-day business of growing and harvesting crops for food is brought to dramatic life in this Nebraska Children's Agriculture Book of the Year as children see farmers and their machinery hard at work. Farmers lifted and hauled, cut and chopped, plowed and planted, watered and mowed by hand or with horses and simple equipment--until the first tractor appeared. Now there are tractors with eight wheels and tires big enough to stand in, skid steers with buckets for lifting, and sprayers that look like huge prehistoric birds, as well as many other modern computerized farming machines. Here's a look at farm machinery in the modern age.
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