Books About Farms and Rural America for Kids

Living in the extreme northwest corner of New Jersey is one of the most rural areas of the state. Let's celebrate with great children's books about farms and rural American life. These types of books can help us connect kids to nature and even teach our children where their food comes from.

Updated June 16, 2026
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Books About Farms and Rural America for Kids

Living in the extreme northwest corner of New Jersey is one of the most rural areas of the state. Let's celebrate with great children's books about farms and rural American life. These types of books can help us connect kids to nature and even teach our children where their food comes from.

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Big red barn
Brown, Margaret Wise,
Paper Book
Margaret Wise Brown's simple, rhythmic text about the cycle of a day on a farm, where a family of animals peacefully plays and sleeps, has charmed generations of children. As in her classic Goodnight Moon, Brown engages children and helps settle them down for sleep as they follow along...
Farm
Cooper, Elisha.
Paper Book
Society of Illustrators 2006 Gold Medal recipient, Elisha Cooper, captures the smell, taste, and feel of the changing seasons on a farm.Society of Illustrators 2006 Gold Medal recipient, Elisha Cooper, captures the smell, taste, and feel of the changing seasons on a farm.There is so much to look at...
Farm
Halley, Ned.
Paper Book
Here is an exciting and informative guide to the past, present and future of farming. Superb color photographs give the reader a unique "eyewitness" view of farm animals, crops, machines, harvesting and every other aspect of farming. See all kinds of farm animals, both new breeds and old, a seed...
Your farm
Klassen, Jon
"A simultaneously empowering and instructive bedtime tale." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) From the incomparable Jon Klassen, one in a trio of companion board books for the youngest of children This is your sun. It is coming up for...
The Farmer's Pajamas: A Bedtime Barnyard Mix-Up
Paul, Ruth
It's mayhem on the farm when the farmer can't find her pajamas in this rhyming, rollicking read-aloud sure to delight every child who has ever had a favorite comfort object. There are plenty of chores on the farm, and the farmer has the routine down to a science. When she's done...
This is the farmer
Tafuri, Nancy.
Paper Book
Just right for toddlers, an appealing book in which each action propels the next, from a farmer kissing his wife, who then pats the dog, to a cat, a mouse, geese, and a donkey....There's a lot to discover and discuss in these expansive, beautifully observed illustrations.
Farmer duck
Waddell, Martin.
Paper Book
Farmer Duck is no ordinary duck--and this is no ordinary picture book. A glorious and utterly satisfying modern fable illustrated with that special blend of humor and pathos unique to bestselling artist Helen Oxenbury. Full color.
Farmer boy
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Audiobook
The Story of a boy named Almanzo Wilder...While Laura Ingalls grows up on the western prairie, a boy named Almanzo Wilder is living on a farm in New York State. Almanzo and his brother and sisters work at their chores from dawn until supper most days -- no matter what the weather. There is still...
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