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  • BreadLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 6 (of 6)

    Must be returned

    Bread, Bread, Bread

    Ken Hayman

    From sliced bread to tortillas to baguettes, wherever there are people, someone is eating bread. Come explore the world of bread in this book full of photographs and see how people eat – and live – the world over. This book will need to be returned.
  • 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.    
  • Carrots Grow UndergroundLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 3 (of 4)

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    Carrots Grow Underground

    Mari Schuh

    Simple text and photographs describe how carrots grow underground. This book needs to be returned. 
  • Careers in ConservationLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 5 (of 100)

    Does not need to be returned

    Careers in Conservation

    United States Department of Agriculture

    This brochure engages readers in the foundation and mission of Natural Resources Conservation Services as well as career opportunities and how to get involved.
  • Chickens Aren't the Only OnesLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 4 (of 4)

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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

    Total Available: 2 (of 3)

    Must be returned

    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

    Total Available: 7 (of 8)

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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

    Total Available: 7 (of 6)

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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.
  • PlaceholderLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 10 (of )

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    Columbian Exchange Kit

    Students explore New World and Old World food origins to discover how the Columbian Exchange altered people’s lives worldwide. This kit includes materials for six groups of students.
  • CornLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 2 (of 3)

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    Corn

    Gail Gibbons

    Perennial nonfiction favorite Gail Gibbons turns her spotlight on corn. Popcorn, corn on the cob, corn dogs, cornflakes--corn is used in many children's favorite foods. This book offers a cornucopia of information about the history of corn as well as details concerning planting, cultivation, harvesting, and its many uses. This book will need to be returned.
  • Corn - A True BookLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 3 (of 3)

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    Corn – A True Book

    Elaine Landau

    Learn about corn in every way possible.  After reading this book your students will know how corn grow, where they grow, and the history behind corn. This book needs to be returned. 
  • Corn - An A to Z BookLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 3 (of 3)

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    Corn – An A to Z Book

    Susan Anderson, JoAnne Buggey

    Learn about the life cycle of corn from A-to-Z through the voice of a tractor named Agri-Culture. Everything your students want to know about corn is in this book. This book will need to be returned.
  • Cotton Boll

    These cotton bolls are a great way to show students how cotton grows. Feel free to tear it apart and inspect, no need to return! Pairs well with King Cotton Lesson.
  • Potatoes - What's for LunchLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 3 (of 3)

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    Corn – What’s for Lunch

    This book explains the many different uses of corn. 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 will need to be returned.
  • Corn in the Story in AgricultureLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 3 (of 3)

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    Corn in the Story in Agriculture

    Susan Anderson

    Learn the story about corn in agriculture from seed to harvest. This book will need to be returned.
  • CowLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 1 (of 4)

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    Cow

    It's hard work being a cow - you graze, you chew, and you rest. This book needs to be returned.Â