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Pub. Date
[2016]
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From the bestselling author of "Still life with bread crumbs." This story begins in the 1960s, and explores how Mimi Miller comes of age, over and over again. As the years go by, the unthinkable starts to seem inevitable. Anna Quindlen's novel takes us through the changing eras of Mimi and her family, as secrets are revealed, and the heartbreaks of growing up and falling in love with the wrong man are overcome.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Recently orphaned, Flora ignores the sage advise of Mrs. Smiley and moves to the country to live on a decrepit farm with her eccentric relatives, where she finds ample material for the novel she wishes to write.
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Princeton Architectural Press
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Letters to a Young Farmer is for everyone who appreciates good food grown with respect for the earth, people, animals, and community. Three dozen writers, farmers, chefs, activists, and visionaries address the highs and lows of farming life, as well as larger questions of how our food is produced and consumed, in vivid and personal detail. Barbara Kingsolver speaks to the tribe of farmers -- some born to it, many self-selected -- with love, admiration,...
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As preschoolers, three children decided that they wanted to have a farm in the middle of their city. They get to make that dream a reality on their last day of elementary school. By chance, they end up with sheep and ducks of their very own with no place to keep them?except for an abandoned lot. Now if only they can convince city officials to let them have the lot for their farm instead of building another parking garage, everything should work out...
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Otis the tractor volume 6
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When Otis the tractor becomes trapped in a burning barn, after rescuing kittens, his animal friends and local firefighters come to his aid.
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Other Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
216 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
"Despite having little in common, Eddie [Enidina] and Mary need one another for survival and companionship. But as the Great Depression threatens, the delicate balance of their reliance on one another tips, pitting neighbor against neighbor, exposing the dark secrets they hide from one another, and triggering a series of disquieting events that threaten to unravel not only their friendship but their families as well."--from flap on front cover.
8) Blue Goose
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
When Farmer Gray goes away for the day, Blue Goose, Red Hen, Yellow Chick, and White Duck get together and paint their black and white farm.
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Series
Otis the tractor volume 4
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 x 29 cm
Description
On Christmas Eve at the farm, a horse faces complications while delivering her foal and Otis the tractor must race through snowy, treacherous woods to bring back Doc Baker before it is too late.
10) Muddy paws
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Series
Magic puppy volume 2
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
119 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
When Beth spends two weeks at her aunt's farm over the summer, her encounter with a magic puppy helps her make friends with her annoying cousin.
11) Farmer duck
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
1992, c1991
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
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12) Farmers
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"This photo-illustrated book for early readers explains what farmers do how they work to raise crops and animals"--
14) The rough patch
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Farmer Evan and his dog do everything together and, especially, in the garden but when his dog passes away Evan lets his garden fill with weeds until a pumpkin vine brings new hope.
15) Ohio thunder
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Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.
Description
A powerful thunderstorm sweeps across an Ohio farm.
16) Charlotte's web
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Appears on list
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Description
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
18) Boo Cow
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Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
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When Mr. and Mrs. Noodleman start a chicken farm, they are terrorized by a ghostly cow that seems to be keeping the hens from laying any eggs, but upon further investigation they discover the real culprit.
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Good dog volume 11
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
117 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
As spring arrives on the Davis family farm, Bo is entrusted with guarding the chicken eggs, but his playtime with his friend Scrapper turns things eggs-tra challenging.
20) Minari
Publisher
Lionsgate
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A tender and sweeping story about what roots people that follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, this film shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
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