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¿Cómo era ser agricultor en el pasado? Los lectores pueden encontrar en este libro en español que compara los equipos agrícolas y agrícolas de hoy con la agricultura del pasado. Los lectores jóvenes aprenderán sobre la historia de la agricultura con este libro que incluye detalles sobre herramientas agrícolas, sistemas de riego, pesticidas y agricultura orgánica. La tabla de contenido, el glosario y el índice brindan a los lectores las herramientas...
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Take a trip to the rodeo, and learn to count along the way! This nonfiction math reader builds mathematics and literacy skills, combining informational text, problem solving, and real-world connections to help first grade students explore math in a meaningful way. Let's Do Math! sidebars feature clear diagrams that provide students with opportunities to practice what they've learned. The Problem Solving activity enhances the learning experience and...
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Grab your cowboy hat and saddle up! Early elementary readers learn about all the responsibilities it takes to be a cowhand and ranch hand as they move through this captivating nonfiction title. Featuring plenty of vibrant photographs in conjunction with informational facts about cattle, cowboys, and rodeos, this book will have readers engaged and eager to learn more!
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Feeding the growing population is causing serious problems for the environment. However, people still need to eat. How can people strike a balance between using the land for food and protecting the planet? This accessible and age-appropriate main text provides essential information about this problem and potential solutions. Detailed fact boxes, a helpful glossary, and vibrant, full-color photographs add extra insight into this crucial topic that...
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This title introduces little readers to tools they might find on the farm. Complete with a More Facts section and bolded glossary terms. Readers will gather basic information about farm tools through easy-to-read, simple text alongside beautiful full-bleed photographs. Translated by native Spanish speakers.
Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards.
Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO. This series illustrates everything...
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While TJ enjoys her life on the farm, she desperately longs for companionship. TJ soon meets Billy, a white pygmy goat with magical powers, and TJ finds her life suddenly transformed and filled with exciting adventures. DG, a young boy about the same age as TJ, moves into a house nearby. TJ and DG forge a fast friendship, as do Billy and DG's pet pig, Daisy. Discovering new areas surrounding their farms, the four friends quickly develop a bond of...
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A farm is its own kind of exciting rural community, and readers discover what life is like for farmers and their families through accessible, relatable text and colorful photographs. Developing knowledge of different kinds of communities is an important part of early social studies curricula, and this topic is fun for readers to explore as they learn what happens on a farm. A detailed picture glossary helps readers understand farm life by clarifying...
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Woodrow's Fun Day on the Ranch is about Woodrow, a young pup learning how to be a ranch cow dog on the Dry Gulch Land and Cattle Company in eastern Oregon. Wes, his old granddad, is "top cow dog."
The ranch is owned by Rope and Kate Peeler, who are the dog's mom and dad. It's very hard to learn how to be a ranch dog. So, now and then, Woodrow's dad, Rope, gives him a day off just to go and have fun on the ranch. This book is about Woodrow having...
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The Greens Find Their Space begins with the lives of farmers Ken and Kelly and their journey of expanding their farm with new crops. Not all of the vegetables on the farm are excited about their new idea, though. The message in this story is the importance of each part or piece of a whole plan being equally important in this case, vegetables on a farm. With each different size, shape, color, and function of the plants, not one is more important than...
13) Tractors
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Tractors may be slow on roads, but don't be fooled. They're mighty machines specially made to pull extremely heavy loads as well as provide power to farm equipment. Readers will love learning about one of their favorite big machines in the bright pages of this motivating volume. The friendly, accessible text and fun fact boxes are carefully paired with vivid photographs of tractors in action. An attention-grabbing concluding activity reinforces key...
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It was finally summer break! Makala and Henry were very excited because they were going to spend the summer at the farm. Makala had spent summers with Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw before, but this would be Henry's first time to stay all summer.
Makala loved going to the farm. She looked forward to seeing her cousins that lived nearby. She loved helping Maw-Maw bake pies to enter the summer fair. Last year, they won three blue ribbons! Once, she helped take...
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Visiting a new place is always a fun adventure, but it's even more fun when you've got friends and family members by your side! In this stimulating volume, Max and Kate visit Max's Aunt Sue on her farm. They learn about working on the farm and along the way, they even meet some new animal friends. Colorful illustrations and captivating text will engage readers of all ages and encourage them to experience new things. Featuring relatable characters...
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Modern farms cover vast areas of land, so when it comes time to apply fertilizer or a protective insecticide, spraying equipment is incredibly useful. In this simple, colorful text, young readers are introduced to all kinds of sprayers. They find out about the huge piece of equipment that moves on its own, pull-behind models, and the smaller piece that is pulled by an all-terrain vehicle. Spirited text and simple, fun language will keep readers turning...
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Without harvesting machines to gather crops when they're ready, farming would be much more difficult and time-consuming. In the pages of this brightly designed book, budding farmers will love learning how these amazing pieces of equipment operate through clear and accessible language and vivid photographs of machines at work. Fun fact boxes add more interesting information throughout the narrative, while a concluding activity helps readers review...
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This story is about the rewards of hard work and the consequences of arrogance and laziness.
Boris and Hoss Go to the Farm is about two tractors that Farmer Jason and his wife, Amy, buy to help them with the work on their farm. Boris is lazy and won't work. Hoss is excited to work. Hoss works every day with Farmer Jason while Boris makes up every excuse of why he can't work and must remain in the barn. This goes on for several days. Boris doesn't...
20) Grandpa's Garden
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This beautifully told story follows Billy from early spring to late summer as he helps his grandpa on his vegetable patch. They dig the hard ground, sow rows of seeds, and keep them watered and safe from slugs. When harvest time arrives they can pick all the vegetables and fruit they have grown. Children will be drawn in by the poetry of the language and the warm illustrations, while also catching the excitement of watching things grow!
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