Catalog Search Results
1) On the farm
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text and woodcut and watercolor illustrations introduce the animals found on a family farm.
3) Birnam Wood
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Five years ago, Mira Bunting founded a guerrilla gardening group: Birnam Wood. An undeclared, unregulated, sometimes-criminal, sometimes-philanthropic gathering of friends, this activist collective plants crops wherever no one will notice: on the sides of roads, in forgotten parks, and neglected backyards. For years, the group has struggled to break even. Then Mira stumbles on an answer, a way to finally set the group up for the long term: a landslide...
Author
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling author of "Still life with bread crumbs." This story begins in the 1960s, and explores how Mimi Miller comes of age, over and over again. As the years go by, the unthinkable starts to seem inevitable. Anna Quindlen's novel takes us through the changing eras of Mimi and her family, as secrets are revealed, and the heartbreaks of growing up and falling in love with the wrong man are overcome.
5) Otis
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a big new yellow tractor arrives, Otis the friendly little tractor is cast away behind the barn, but when trouble occurs Otis is the only one who can help.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Mary Frances "Frankie" Lombard is fiercely in love with her family's sprawling apple orchard and the tangled web of family members who inhabit it. Content to spend her days planning capers with her brother William, competing with her brainy cousin Amanda, and expertly tending the orchard with her father, Frankie desires nothing more than for the rhythm of life to continue undisturbed. But she cannot help being haunted by the historical fact that...
Author
Language
English
Description
Originally published: New York : Random House, c2000."This edition is only available for distribution through the school market"--P.[4] of cover.When Junie B. learns that her kindergarten class is going on a field trip to a farm, she worries about being attacked by a rooster. "Early Chapter Books" collection--look for orange spine label.
8) How kind!
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Description
"Hen gives Pig an unexpected present. 'How kind!' says Pig. Pig is so touched, in fact, that he decides to do something kind too. So Pig gives Rabbit a gift. 'How kind!' says Rabbit, who does something kind for Cow, who is kind to Cat, who wants to be kind in turn. Where will all of this kindness lead?"--Amazon.com.
9) Barn blind
Author
Language
English
Description
Best-selling author and Pulitzer-Prize winner Jane Smiley crafts compelling novels filled with quiet strength and emotion. In Barn Blind she portrays a middle-aged woman so galvanized with success that she drives a wedge between herself and those who love her most. Kate Karlson's only focus in life is her Midwestern horse farm. Ignoring her husband, she spends long days giving riding lessons and training horses. To showcase her teaching ability, she...
10) Farming
Author
Language
English
Description
An introduction, in simple text and illustrations, to farming and the work done on a farm throughout the seasons.
11) Sheep in a jeep
Author
Language
English
Description
Follows a group of hapless sheep as they careen through treacherous landscapes in a jeep.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The only hardcover edition of Jane Smiley's most famous novel--King Lear on an Iowa farm--which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. With a new introduction. This powerful twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare's King Lear centers on a wealthy Iowa farmer who decides to divide his farm among his three daughters. When the youngest objects, she is cut out of his will, which sets in motion a chain of events that brings dark truths to light. Ambitiously...
15) Blue chicken
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
An enterprising chicken attempts to help an artist paint the barnyard and accidentally turns the whole picture blue.
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"On the farm, workers pick vegetables, collect eggs, and make cheese. At the market the next day, the workers set up their stands and prepare for shoppers to arrive. Amy, the baker at the Busy Bee Cafe, has a very special meal in mind--and, of course, all the farmers show up at the cafe to enjoy the results of their hard work"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Being a farm dog is a tough job, but luckily, Ragweed���s handbook will tell you everything you need to know. Step one: don���t wake the farmer! You may really, really want to, but that���s the rooster���s job. Of course, if youdo wake the farmer, you might just get a biscuit. . . . Full of hilarious dog logic,Ragweed���s Farm Dog Handbook explores the pitfalls���and opportunities!���of a dog���s life...
Author
Language
English
Description
Working at the Horse Farm, a facility outside of Nashville that assists patients with mental and physical recovery, Olivia (Liv) Gordon has loved her job and felt safe, but now people are dying with Liv seeing a horse and rider, wearing a soldier's garb, in the night sky.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Kelly Murphy's life as a tulip farmer is pretty routine--up at dawn, off to work, lather, rinse, repeat. But everything changes one sun-washed summer with two dramatic homecomings: Griffith Burnett--Tulpen Crossing's prodigal son, who's set his sights on Kelly--and Olivia, her beautiful, wayward and, as far as Kelly is concerned, unwelcome sister. Tempted by Griffith, annoyed by Olivia, Kelly is overwhelmed by the secrets that were so easy to keep...
Author
Language
English
Description
Pen /Hemingway Award-winning novelist Jane Hamilton follows up her first success, The Book Of Ruth, with this spectacularly haunting drama about a rural American family and a disastrous event that forever changes their lives. Praised by reviewers for its intimate portrayal of the minds of its characters, a novel by the author of The Book of Ruth chronicles one family's decay through guilt and betrayal. Reprint. K. PW.
In Clover
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by VOKAL can be requested from other Clover libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Make a purchase suggestion
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request