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My family's corn farm / by Katie Olthoff ; art by Joe Hox.
Meet Presley – a farm girl who narrates the busy life of a modern, working corn farm in this fun and informative picture book about a family growing one of the top crops of American agriculture There's a lot of jobs to do on the family farm! Presley and her farm family work on planting corn, watching for pests, monitoring rain fall so plants get the right amount of water, harvesting the corn, exploring how corn is used in many products, and learning how to be more sustainable farmers. My Family's Corn Farm is a picture book that includes the life cycle of the corn plant, parts of the corn plant, what a corn plant needs to grow, different types of corn and their uses, how farmers work to prevent erosion with cover crops, and how farmers are continuously learning how to be better stewards of the land. The book also showcases farm vehicles and technology such as a tractor, combine, grain bin, and planter. Readers also see how corn can be used for many types of products from ethanol to corn chips, corn syrup, corn starch and more.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781948898072
- ISBN: 1948898071
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Feeding Minds Press, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Original book: My Family's Corn Farm published by Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation with help from sponsors: Seller and Iowa Corn Growers Association"--Title page verso. |
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| Subject: | Corn > Juvenile literature. Farm life > Juvenile literature. Farmers. Crops Cattle Soybeans Equipment Weather |
| Genre: | Farming History Juvenile works Agriculture Creative nonfiction. Picture books. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at scottsboropl.
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| 500 | . | ‡a"Original book: My Family's Corn Farm published by Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation with help from sponsors: Seller and Iowa Corn Growers Association"--Title page verso. | |
| 520 | . | ‡aMeet Presley – a farm girl who narrates the busy life of a modern, working corn farm in this fun and informative picture book about a family growing one of the top crops of American agriculture There's a lot of jobs to do on the family farm! Presley and her farm family work on planting corn, watching for pests, monitoring rain fall so plants get the right amount of water, harvesting the corn, exploring how corn is used in many products, and learning how to be more sustainable farmers. My Family's Corn Farm is a picture book that includes the life cycle of the corn plant, parts of the corn plant, what a corn plant needs to grow, different types of corn and their uses, how farmers work to prevent erosion with cover crops, and how farmers are continuously learning how to be better stewards of the land. The book also showcases farm vehicles and technology such as a tractor, combine, grain bin, and planter. Readers also see how corn can be used for many types of products from ethanol to corn chips, corn syrup, corn starch and more. | |
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