Sue Swan Miller
This series offers a detailed look at specific agricultural commodities, like cows. Students will discover the different breeds of cows, and which breeds are used for milk or meat production. An in-depth look at dairy cows shows how cows are milked and all of the daily chores a dairyman has to do. A great book for young readers.
Bobbie Kalman
How A Plant Grows introduces children to the amazing lives of plants– from their beginnings, through their growth, to reproduction and death.
This publication is a colorful, illustrated booklet that gives the basics of Oregon forests including the common forest types like Douglas-fir and juniper woodlands, wildlife, ownership and management practices, laws, salmon protection, fire risks, wood processing and uses, and careers.
Shelley Rotner, Gary Goss
The supermarket is the place where you buy your food, but have you ever wondered where you favorite foods really come from? A lot of food comes from plants or from animals. but it might surprise you to know that some of the food you eat comes from bees or from seawater. Where does you favorite food come from? Find out in the fun, colorful, easy to read book!
Richard and Louise Spilsbury
This books gives your students an accurate look at food and farming from production to plate, preservation to packaging, to the dinner table!
Doreen Cronin
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.
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.
Heather Miller
Every wonder how wheat goes from a plant to bread? This simple to follow book outlines the basic steps. A great book for young readers.
Peter Riley
Introduces basic scientific principles of botany and plant physiology and presents experiments to show how they work.
Rick Steber
The storyteller spins a web of fantasy while the campfire sends a shower of sparks leaping into the night sky to drift among the ancient stars. It is in this manner that the history of mankind has been passed from one generation to the next. In North America the native people formed their cultures and spiritual beliefs through stories. In today’s world it might appear that campfire stories can no longer compete with movies and television. But no special effect can ever come close to the power and impact of human imagination.
This book is full of short stories about the Wild West. Watch the faces of your listeners and know the value and significance of keeping alive our time-honored traditions of oral history.
