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Farm Life Genre
Books in the Farm Life genre:
On the Farm (1976)
Pictures and vocabulary about life on the farm.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Serpent’s Children (1984)
In nineteenth-century China a young girl struggles to protect her family
Author(s):
Laurence Yep
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
Tomie dePaola’s Country Farm (1984)
Through a hole in the cover, you can see an 8-tiered, detailed three dimensional FARM scene, wonderfully illustrated in color.
Author(s):
Tomie dePaola
Illustrator(s):
Tomie dePaola
Lois Lenski’s Big, Big Book of Mr. Small (1985)
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Midnight Farm (1987)
Exploring the farm after dark.
Author(s):
Reeve Lindbergh
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
A Little House Sampler (1988)
Author(s):
Rose Wilder Lane
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
Big Red Barn (1989)
The farm animals live in the big red barn.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Felicia Bond
Kitty on the Farm (1989)
The little boy has a new kitten, but he needs a name for her.
Author(s):
Phyllis McGinley
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Little Little Sister (1989)
Author(s):
Jane Louise Curry
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Mother Goose and the Sly Fox (1989)
When the sly fox steals six of her goslings, Mother Goose must act quickly to rescue them.
Author(s):
Chris Conover
Illustrator(s):
Chris Conover
Drylongso (1992)
During a drought on the Great Plains, Drylongso is blown to Lindy’s family’s farm.
Author(s):
Virginia Hamilton
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Barnyard Dance! (1993)
An assortment of farm animals join in a rollicking square dance. Clap your hands and stomp your feet!
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
Waiting for the Evening Star (1993)
Berty enjoys growing up on his family’s farm and can’t understand why his brother wants to leave.
Author(s):
Rosemary Wells
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
Stories from the Round Barn (1997)
A collection of stories about the Dougan family farm. Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Jacqueline Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
Black Cowboy Wild Horses (1998)
Bob Lemmons rides his horse Warrior to round up the wild mustangs.
Author(s):
Julius Lester
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
First Reader (1998)
Twelve Little Golden Books are here presented complete at full size. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Gustaf Tenggren
Eloise Wilkin
Garth Williams
Laura’s Album: A Remembrance Scrapbook of Laura Ingalls Wilder (1998)
A large collection, chiefly of pictures of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family members.
Author(s):
None
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
The Little Scarecrow Boy (1998)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
David Díaz
Charlotte’s Web (1999)
Author(s):
E. B. White
Illustrator(s):
Rosemary Wells
Garth Williams
More Stories from the Round Barn (2002)
The second volume in the history of the Dougan family farm in Beloit, Wisconsin.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Jacqueline Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Photographs