Kindergarten
Books for the Library Corner
- 700 Kids on Grandpa's Farm
- by Ann Morris
(Social Studies)
Dutton 1994 (32p)
This photo-essay follows the activities
involved in operating a goat farm.
- Barnyard Banter
- by Denise Fleming
Holt 1994 (32p)
All of the farm animals are clucking and mewing
and braying and chirping except for Goose, who is missing.
- The Farm Counting Book
- by Jane Miller
(Math)
Simon 1983 (32p) also paper
An introduction to simple counting concepts, using
color photos of farm animals.
- Wake Up, Wake Up!
- by Brian and Rebecca Wildsmith
Harcourt 1993 (16p)
In turn, all of the farm animals make noise until the
farmer wakes up to feed them.
- Have You Seen My Duckling?
- by Nancy Tafuri
Greenwillow 1984 (24p) Puffin 1986 paper
A mother duck searches for her adventuresome duckling.
Available in Spanish as¿ Has visto a mi patito?
- A Hat for Minerva Louise
- by Janet M. Stoeke
Dutton 1994 (24p)
A hen named Minerva Louise finds a hat to keep
her warm as she plays in the snow.
- Early Morning in the Barn
- by Nancy Tafuri
Greenwillow 1983 (24p) also paper
Three cheeping chicks leave their hen house to visit
all the other animals waking up on the farm.
- See How They Grow: Calf
- by Mary Ling
(Science)
Dorling Kindersley 1993 (24p)
Sequential photographs show the growth of a calf
over a period of months.
See others in series.
- Rosie's Walk
- by Pat Hutchins
Macmillan 1968 (32p) also paper
A hungry fox slinks behind an unsuspecting hen as
she walks around the barnyard.
- On the Farm
- (Science)
Dorling Kindersley 1994 (32p)
Photographs of animals and farm equipment accompany
simple facts about farm life.
- In the Spring
- by Craig Brown
Greenwillow 1994 (24p)
Spring signals the arrival of many animal
babies on the farm.
- Smart, Clean Pigs
- by Allan Fowler
(Science)
Childrens 1993 (32p)
Photographs and simple information about pigs. Available in
Spanish asLos limpios e inteligentes cerdos.
- This Is the Farmer
- by Nancy Tafuri
Greenwillow 1994 (24p)
A farmer sets off a chain of events when he kisses his wife
Books for Teachers to Read Aloud
- The Thing That Bothered Farmer Brown
- by Teri Sloat
Orchard 1995 (32p)
A humming mosquito keeps Farmer Brown and all
the barn animals from a good night's sleep.
- You Silly Goose
- by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Harcourt 1992 (32p)
A silly goose mistakes a mouse for a fox.
- On the Farm
- by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Little 1991 (32p)
An illustrated collection of poems about farm
life by well-known poets like Myra Cohn Livingston
and David McCord.
- The Surprise Family
- by Lynn Reiser
Greenwillow 1994 (32p)
A chicken becomes a proud and protective surrogate
mother for some ducklings.
- When the Rooster Crowed
- by Patricia Lillie
Greenwillow 1991 (32p)
A tired farmer wants just a few more minutes
to sleep in this cumulative tale.
- Zinnia and Dot
- by Lisa Campbell Ernst
Viking 1992 (32p) Puffin 1995 paper
Two feuding hens agree to share the hatching of
the one remaining egg after a weasel attack.
- No Milk!
- by Jennifer A. Ericsson
Morrow 1993 (32p)
A city boy tries to cajole a cow into giving him milk.
- My Hen Is Dancing
- by Karen Wallace
(Science)
Candlewick 1994 (32p)
A boy tells all about his pet hen, including
what she eats and how she keeps her
feathers clean.
- The Hee-Haw River
- by Dee Lillegard
Holt 1995 (32p)
A farmer's wife's comment about a river sets in
motion a chaotic chain of events.
- The New Baby Calf
- by Edith Newlin Chase
Scholastic
Plasticine illustrations accompany a poem about
a baby calf. Available in
Spanish asEl ternero recién nacido.
- Quacky Duck
- by Paul and Emma Rogers
Orion 1995 (32p)
A constantly quacking duck annoys the other animals
until she disappears and things become too quiet.
Books for Shared Reading
- Rise and Shine!
- by Nancy White Carlstrom
Harper 1993 (32p )
Rhyming verse describes what animals say, eat, and do
during the course of a day.
- The Very Busy Spider
- by Eric Carle
Putnam 1989 (32p)
A horse and a cow and other farm animals try to
divert an industrious spider from spinning her web.
- Big Red Barn
- by Margaret Wise Brown
Harper 1989 (32p)
Rhyming text tells the story of the animals that
live in a big red barn.
- Fiddle-I-Fee: A Farmyard Song for the Very Young
- by Melissa Sweet
(Music)
Little 1991 (32p) also paper
A merry parade of animals joins a boy in a ramble
around a farmyard.
- Oh, What a Noisy Farm!
- by Harriet Ziefert
Tambourine 1994 (32p)
A bull chasing a cow sets off a noisy chase
around the farm.
- The Wonderful Feast
- by Esphyr Slobodkina
Greenwillow 1993 (32p)
After Farmer Jones feeds his horse, other farmyard
animals feast on
the leftovers.
- The Farmer in the Dell
- by Kathy Parkinson
(Music)
Whitman 1988 (32p)
This illustrated version of the nursery rhyme is
accompanied by music.
- Cat Goes Fiddle-i-Fee
- by Paul Galdone
Clarion 1985 (32p) also paper
A boy feeds the hen, the sheep, the horse, and other
farm animals in this nursery rhyme.
- Jane Yolen's Old MacDonald Songbook
- by Jane Yolen
(Music)
Boyds Mills (96p) 1994
A collection of forty-three favorite songs
from the barnyard.