Books of the Minnesota State Fair

Get ready for the Great Minnesota Get Together with some fiction and nonfiction celebrating or featuring the Minnesota State Fair!

Updated July 2, 2025
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The beginner's photography guide
Gatcum, Chris
Paper Book
All you need is a digital camera or a mobile phone and this best-selling book to unlock your potential as a photographer. From choosing the right equipment and aperture exposure to adjusting focus and flash, The Beginner's Photography Guide explains key concepts in clear...
Can it & ferment it : more than 75 satisfying small-batch canning and fermentation recipes for the whole year
Thurow, Stephanie
Paper Book
Recipes in this helpful, full color book include strawberry chutney, the perfect garlic dill pickle, spring onion kimchi, cinnamon-honey apple butter, and more! Welcome to the world of produce preservation. In Can It & Ferment It, blogger and Certified Master Food...
Compact farms : 15 proven plans for market farms on 5 acres or less : includes detailed farm layouts for productivity and efficiency
Volk, Josh
Audiobook
Compact Farms is a guide for anyone dreaming of starting, expanding, or perfecting a profitable farming enterprise on five acres or less. The farm plans explain how to harness an area's water supply, orientation, and geography in order to maximize efficiency and productivity while minimizing effort....
Small-scale homesteading : a sustainable guide to gardening, keeping chickens, maple sugaring, preserving the harvest, and more
Thurow, Stephanie
Paper Book
A gathering of information and source of inspiration for homesteaders everywhere. With over thirty-five years of combined experience, homesteaders Stephanie Thurow and Michelle Bruhn have taught thousands of people across the globe how to garden, preserve food, tend backyard...
Ultimate guide to planting & growing vegetables at home
Paper Book
Every gardener needs at least one comprehensive gardening book on their shelf and this is it! An all-in-one resource for beginner and advanced gardeners with chapters on what you need to think about before starting a garden, planning, prepping, choosing the vegetables, sowing, growing, small space...
Big book of bread : 125+ recipes for every baker
Battilana, Jessica
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestseller * USA TODAY Bestseller * Publishers Weekly Bestseller Named One of the Best Cookbooks of the Year by: New York magazine, The Readable Feast, AOL, Here & Now The Best Gifts for Bread...
Baking across America : a vintage recipe road trip
Hollis, B. Dylan
Paper Book
Join B. Dylan Hollis, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Baking Yesteryear, on a cross-country culinary journey with 100 uniquely American recipes. From the deserts of the Southwest to the shining Atlantic Coast, the USA is as sweet as it gets. In this tour...
Ikebana unbound : a modern approach to the ancient Japanese art of flower arranging
Luu, Amanda
Paper Book
Honoring the lineage of ikebana while making the art their own, Amanda Luu and Ivanka Matsuba of Studio Mondine show us new ways to tell stories with flowers in this beautiful guidebook. "A modern take on a centuries-old art that's breathtakingly simple." --Booklist...
Simple flower arranging
Welford, Mark
Paper Book
From simple arrangements that brighten up a room, to one-of-a-kind gifts and gorgeous wedding bouquets, Simple Flower Arranging contains more than 60 inspirational projects that anyone can do at home. Learn key techniques such as hand-tying and using florist foam, as well as how to...

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