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The Children's Agriculture Book series is an ongoing effort by Wisconsin Agriculture in the Classroom to promote books for elementary-age children that accurately portray modern agriculture.

The books are appropriate for grades K-6 and have been selected for their accuracy, readability, and overall appeal to kids. Price list and order form>>

BOOK OF THE YEAR

Farmer George Plants a Nation by Peggy Thomas. Calkins Creek, 2008.The new book reveals George Washington as he's rarely seen. Besides being a general and the first president of the United States, George Washington was also a farmer. His efforts to create a self-sufficient farm at Mount Vernon, Virginia, mirrored his struggle to form a new nation. (grades 4-6)

 

 

 

 


Hooray for Beekeeping!
by Bobbie Kalman
Grades 3-4

Extra Cheese Please!
Extra Cheese Please!
by Cris Peterson
Grades K–4


The Super Soybean by Raymond Bial, Albert Whitman & Companyh (grades 3-6)

Amazing Grazing
Amazing Grazing
by Cris Peterson
Grades 3–5


Popcorn
by Elain Landau
Grades K-5


Young Shepherd
By Cat Urbigkit
Grades 1 and up

 

Century Farm
Century Farm
by Cris Peterson
Grades 2 and up


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©2006 Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation. The Wisconsin Ag in the Classroom program is a project of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation and Wisconsin AgriBusiness Council through a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, and funding from the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation