Books of Farm life
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Sisyphus in the Hayfield: Views of a Berkshire Farmer
By Walter HowardSisyphus in the Hayfield: Views of a Berkshire Farmer
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Who's who in a Rural Community
By Jake MillerPresents a children's book for early readers that describes living in a rural community, and describes taking care of animals, working on a farm, going to town, and more.
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You Are the Reason
By Renae KayeWhen he's charmed by Lee, can Davo take the journey to accept himself without caring what everyone else thinks?
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Farm Food Volume1: Fall and Wnter
The first volume of recipes, stories and photographs from Kurtwood Farms on Vashon Island.
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To be a Farmer's Boy
By Dan CherringtonTo be a Farmer's Boy
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Far from the Madding Crowd
By Thomas Hardy2 audio discs in pocket.
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A Great Year of Our Lives at the Old Squire's
By Charles Asbury StephensA Great Year of Our Lives at the Old Squire's
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Kensington Homestead
By Nic EspositoIn this collection of fourteen narrative essays, there are plenty of tales of chicken kills gone awry and rogue bee swarms being caught, but much more of the focus is on the people of this rapidly gentrifying neighborhood.
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Footrot Flats 18
By Murray BallFootrot Flats 18
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Jennie Barnes: Right Now Forever!
By Vera SabanListening to the meadowlark's joyous song , Jennie was sure it was saying “ Fill up the teakettle , ” as Mama had told her . When she heard the exuberant call of a phoebe bird , she thought she would burst with the joy of it all .
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We Keep a Pig in the Parlor
By Suzanne BloomA farmer finds a new home for a pig who dislikes living in a barn, sleeping on straw, and eating unpopped corn.
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Walking Through Shadows: A Novel
By Bev MarshallThe 1941 murder of seventeen-year-old Sheila Barnes disrupts the quiet farm life of Zebulon, Mississippi, as the inhabitants of the normally peaceful small town, including her husband and members of the Cotton family, struggle to deal with ...
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Split Cherry Tree
By Jesse StuartA father learns the importance of education and gains an understanding of his son and an insight into his dreams and ambitions.
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The Accidental Millionaire: The Unusual Life of E. L. Rodebush
By Emmitt Lewis RodebushRemaining in Arizona, he met his wife and settled down to raise a son. This is one man's fascinating and unusual road to becoming a multi-millionaire.
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The Whisper Stone
By Kevin WhiteThe Whisper Stone follows eight year old C.C., a lonely boy cast aside by an absent mother and a busy father, through a summer on his grandfather's farm.
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Plains Folk II: The Romance of the Landscape
By James F. Hoy, Tom D. IsernHere are stories about plains folklore, animals, food, lifestyles, and artifacts in a land of buttermilk and blabs, Bigfoot and bindweed.
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Making Hay
By Verlyn Klinkenborg"--Thomas McGuane"Klinkenborg is our modern Thoreau."--Tom Brokaw"A marvelous picture of rural life and of families at work. This is a fascinating excursion into American farmland.
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Érik le mouton viking
By Cécile Gagnon, Elizabeth Creith, Linda HendryLes parents de Marie ont fait l'acquisition d'un mouton rouge d'Islande, un mouton viking.
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Market Day: A Story Told with Folk Art
By Lois EhlertOn market day, a farm family experiences all the fun and excitement of going to and from the farmers' market.
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Bushfire
By Norah KershNora Kersh, a mother who taught her nine children through the School of the Air, has beautifully described some bush wildfire experiences at a typical outback property.