farm life

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Farm-fresh cats

A farmer is surprised to discover that he has grown a crop of very unusual cats instead of cabbages.
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Enter the earth

Elizabeth Angier, anticipating a summer of work and play on the family farm, is upset when the arrival of Harmony Farms Corporation causes havoc in the farming community, and her life is further disturbed when she is approached by Gaia, the living organism of the Earth, who needs Elizabeth's help in stopping the destruction caused by the factory farm operation.
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The year money grew on trees

In early 1980s New Mexico, thirteen-year-old Jackson Jones recruits his cousins and sisters to help tend an elderly neighbor's neglected apple orchard for the chance to make big money and, perhaps, to own the orchard.
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The scarecrow walks at midnight

Jodie's summer visit to her grandparent's farm becomes a little too frightening when their twelve evil-looking scarecrows come to life.
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Beauty

Unhappy about his parents splitting up and moving with his mother to Grandpa's farm, eleven-year-old Luke finds comfort in riding and caring for a horse named Beauty.
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Unusual chickens for the exceptional poultry farmer

Through a series of letters, Sophie Brown, age twelve, tells of her family's move to her Great Uncle Jim's farm, where she begins taking care of some unusual chickens with help from neighbors and friends.
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Farm morning

A father and his young daughter share a special morning as they feed all the animals on their farm.
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The Beef Princess of Practical County

Twelve-year-old Libby, the daughter of an Indiana cattle farmer, raises two calves in hopes of winning the annual steer competition at the county fair, but fails to follow her father's warning about developing a bond with animals that are destined to be sold at auction.
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Buster on the farm

Buster sends postcards to his friends back home when he goes to visit a farm in Indiana.
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Hedgie's Surprise

Hedgie, the hedgehog, helps Henny, the speckled hen, trick the Tomten who has been eating all of Henny's eggs for breakfast.
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