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Maine innkeeper Holly White returns to sleuth another seasonal slaying in the third Christmas Tree Farm mystery from author Jacqueline Frost.
Reindeer Games Christmas Tree Farm is going into the B&B business, and Holly White is looking forward to her new role as innkeeper. Even better, Mistletoe, Maine's sheriff, Evan Gray, has deputized his little sister Libby to help Holly wrap presents for Mistletoe's toy drive. But a cold wind ruffles...
Reindeer Games Christmas Tree Farm is going into the B&B business, and Holly White is looking forward to her new role as innkeeper. Even better, Mistletoe, Maine's sheriff, Evan Gray, has deputized his little sister Libby to help Holly wrap presents for Mistletoe's toy drive. But a cold wind ruffles...
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Things are finally growing smoothly on the Finn Family Farm. With the help of caretakers Joe and Alice Wong and farmer Samuel Brown, Charlotte Finn is starting to feel at home at the Santa Barbara County produce farm she inherited. But, all is not strawberries and cream: A blight is destroying young berry plants. Worse, another mysterious death is shaking Little Acorn.
The victim is grizzled, cantankerous Linc Pierce, the only farmer in Little Acorn...
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First published in 1903, "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" is the charming and classic children's novel beloved the world over. Written by the American author and educator Kate Douglas Wiggin, it is the story of young and poor Rebecca Rowena Randall, who goes to live with her spinster aunts in the town of Riverboro when she is ten years-old. Rebecca's father had died three years before and the family farm had become heavily indebted. In order to ease the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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What's the difference between a bull and a steer? How are calves born? Adam Smith could tell you. He lives on a beef cattle farm and describes in vivid detail what makes working and playing on a cattle farm so much fun.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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How big can a pumpkin grow? When is the best time to plant corn? Melissa Lehman knows. She lives on a crop farm and tells readers about the fun, and work, that goes into planting, growing, picking, and selling crops.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Did you know that many people around the world drink goat milk instead of cow milk? Jimmy Search could have told you. He lives on a dairy goat farm and explains the work and fun that go into raising and milking goats.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Do you know the difference between a filly and a colt? How do you file a horse's teeth? Just ask Sarah Mills. She lives on a horse farm and describes the fun and hard work involved with raising Thoroughbred horses.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Do you know how long it takes for a soft yellow chick to grow into a chicken? Why is it important to always keep lights on in chicken houses? Just ask Loren, a young farmer who helps his family raise almost half a million chickens every year. He'll show you how a chick grows up, how to keep chickens healthy, and the hard work needed to keep thousands of chickens clean and fed.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Do you know why a farmer would play music for cows? Or how long it takes to milk a cow? Just ask Robert, a young farmer who helps his family raise dairy cows. He'll show you the fun and work involved in feeding, cleaning, and milking hundreds of cows every day.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Do you know how long it takes to shear a sheep? What kind of food does a lamb eat? Just ask Diana, a young farmer who helps her family raise sheep. She'll show you the fun and hard work it takes to help little lambs grow into big healthy sheep.
14) Angus and Sadie
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
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Angus and Sadie, two siblings that are of mostly border collie heritage, are adopted by a young couple and start living on a Maine farm, where they begin to learn sheep herding and come to appreciate how they are different from each another.
15) Carved in bone
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There is a patch of ground in Tennessee dedicated to the science of death, where human remains lie exposed to be studied for their secrets. The real-life scientist who founded the "Body Farm" has broken cold cases and revolutionized forensics . . . and now he spins an astonishing tale inspired by his own experiences.
Renowned anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton has spent his career surrounded by death at the Body Farm. Now he's being called upon to...
16) Cows
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QEB Pub
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c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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An introduction to cows, including why they are farmed, their physical characteristics and life cycle, different breeds, and cow-related customs from around the world.
17) Chickens
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Chickens are birds. They have wings and feathers but do not fly well. This book introduces children to the characteristics of the farm animal known for laying eggs.
18) Cows
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Early in the morning, farmers wake up to milk their dairy cows. People need milk to make cheese and ice cream. Young readers will learn how cows live on the farm and give people milk.
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Anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton founded Tennessee's world-famous Body Farm-a small piece of land where corpses are left to decay in order to gain important forensic information. Now, in the wake of a shocking crime in nearby Chattanooga, he's called upon by Jess Carter-the rising star of the state's medical examiners-to help her unravel a murderous puzzle. But after re-creating the death scene at the Body Farm, Brockton discovers his career, reputation,...
20) Goats
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
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The hairiest animal on the farm might be the goat. Goats have long beards that hang below their chins! This book introduces children to how goats look and how they live on the farm.
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