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Pride of Green Mountains

the story of a trusty Morgan horse and the girl who turns to him for help
1999
With her father away fighting in the Civil War and her mother struggling to keep their Vermont dairy farm despite increasingly hard times, ten-year-old Rosalie tries to come up with a plan that will save their home without selling her beloved Morgan horse, Major.

The root cellar

1983
Twelve-year-old orphan Rose, sent to live with unknown relatives on a farm in Canada, ventures into her aunt's root cellar and finds herself making friends with people who lived on the farm more than a century earlier.

The midnight fox

1968
Tony dislikes spending the summer on his aunt's farm until he discovers a black fox in the forest and tracks her to her den.

Clarissa

1992
Clarissa, a plain brown cow who allows herself to be pushed around by all the other animals on her Wisconsin farm, helps a group of lost domestic animals find their way to the fair and demonstrates that she is bright, brave, and creative. Includes factual information on Wisconsin, farm life, dairy products, and fairs.

My son John

1994
A new version of the traditional Mother Goose rhyme with fourteen new verses describing the activities of a group of children on a large farm.

When the sergeant came marching home

2008
When his father returns from the war in 1946, a ten year old boy and his family move from their home in a Montana town to an old, run-down farm in the middle of nowhere where they work hard trying to make ends meet.

Under the same sky

2003
While trying to earn money for a motor bike, fourteen-year-old Joe Pederson becomes involved with the Mexicans who work on his family's farm and develops a better relationship with his father.

A prairie alphabet

1992
Text and illustrations of the prairie in an alphabet book for children and an art book for adults.

A day in the life of Murphy

2003
Murphy, a farm terrier, describes a day in his life as he gets fed in the kitchen, hunts mice, goes to the vet, returns to the house for dinner, investigates a noise outside, and retires to the barn for sleep.

Sun up

1991
Follows the activities of a farmer and his son from sunrise to sunset on a hot summer day.

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