Agricultural Mural Recommended Reading List

Read about farms! Tractors, crops, and pigs, oh my!

Updated June 3, 2026
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Farm
Arlon, Penelope.
Paper Book
Emergent Reader. Bright and engaging first information print and digital books, specially designed for children learning to read. Farm is full of facts and engaging images of a farm hard at work. Favorite baby and fully-grown farm animals are encountered, alongside the less visited...
Baler
Bell, Samantha
Paper Book
This Level 1 guided reader explores the parts and uses of balers. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about what happens on a farm.
Combine harvester
Bell, Samantha
Paper Book
This Level 1 guided reader explores the parts and uses of combine harvesters. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about what happens on a farm.
Amara's farm
Brown-Wood, JaNay
Paper Book
Amara searches for pumpkins on her farm in this vibrant exploration of gardening and healthy eating, from the Where in the Garden? series. Amara is hosting a potluck for friends on her farm, and she needs help finding her pumpkins to serve a tasty dish. What do we know about...
Hi-five farm!
Burach, Ross
Paper Book
Kids will love hi-fiving their favorite farm animals while also learning opposites in this silly, interactive board book. Don't miss the companion title, Hi-Five Animals! Ready, set, off we go! Let's start with a hi-five HELLO! For...
Big tractor
Clement, Nathan
Paper Book
This dynamic picture book shows a big tractor from spring to harvest--planting, cultivating, harvesting, and doing other important tasks on a busy farm. A tractor is more than a piece of farm machinery. It's farmer's partner that helps him get the hard work done. Bold...
Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm
Cowley, Joy.
Paper Book
In this beloved classic story, three stubborn farm animals don't want to get washed--and wind up making a bigger mess instead! The perfect bath-time story! Uh-oh. It's wash day at the farm, and Mrs. Wishy-Washy won't back down. She's getting ready to rub and scrub all the animals...
Sheep
Culliford, Amy
Paper Book
Early readers are introduced to sheep and life on a farm. Simple sentences accompany engaging pictures.
Serious farm
Egan, Tim
Paper Book
Farmer Fred never smiled much. “Farmin’ is serious business,” he’d say. “Nothin’ funny about corn.” And so life on his farm was pretty serious. None of the animals laughed or even smiled. But everyone has to laugh sometimes, including Farmer Fed. The...
Color farm
Ehlert, Lois.
Paper Book
This acclaimed picture book is a visually exciting introduction to colors, shapes, and animals for preschoolers. Share this classic die-cut concept book at home or at circle time. Lois Ehlert, of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom fame, was a picture book genius. "Brightness, boldness,...
On the farm
Elliott, David
Paper Book
A New York Times best-selling author and a Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator evoke life on a farm in a simple, lyrical text and boldly expressive images. From the bull to the barn cat to the wild bunny, the farmyard bustles with life. The rooster crows, the...
Grandma's farm
Garland, Michael
Paper Book
In this charming and nostalgia-filled companion to the best-selling picture book Grandpa's Tractor,a grandmother shares her fond memories of farm life. Grandma Ginny and Timmy take a trip tovisit the site of thefamily farm, where the old house and some rickety buildings...
Miss MacDonald has a farm
Gwarjanski, Kalee
Paper Book
In this plant-based spin on the traditional children's song "Old MacDonald", readers can join Miss MacDonald on her vegetable farm and see all the work that goes into growing healthy and delicious produce. "Miss MacDonald has a farm, She loves things that grow!"<...
Marley, farm dog
Hill, Susan
Paper Book
When Marley's family visits Uncle Bob's farm, Cassie turns out to be an excellent farmhand but Marley just seems to get in the way. Surely there's something Marley can do to help!
Old Mikamba had a farm
Isadora, Rachel
Paper Book
This fabulous version of the classic nursery song "Old MacDonald" introduces children to a menagerie of African animals and their sounds. It is beautifully illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner Rachel Isadora, with her signature collage-style artwork. Old Mikamba had a farm, E-I-E-I-O....
The farmer's tractor
Kanno, Wendy.
Paper Book
Punk Farm
Krosoczka, Jarrett.
Paper Book
After a long day of work, Farmer Joe goes home to bed. But meanwhile, back at the barn . . . Cow sets up her drums. Pig plugs in his amp. Goat tunes his bass. Chicken sets up her keyboards. And Sheep checks the microphone. They are Punk Farm...
Down on the farm
Kutner, Merrily.
Paper Book
The sights and sounds of noisy farmyard animals during a busy day include roosters calling, horses neighing, cows mooing, ducks quacking, and pigs oinking.
In, over and on! (the farm)
Long, Ethan
Paper Book
It's time for fun on the farm with the Geisel Award-winning author of Up, Tall, and High! Why is Pig inside Chicken's coop? How many animal friends can fit on top of a tractor? Lift the flaps to find out in three easy-to-read stories that will...
The noisy farm : lots of animal noises to enjoy!
McGee, Marni.
Paper Book
Cock-a-doodle-doo! A rooster crows loudly and another noisy day at the farm begins. The farmer wakes up and we hear the floor creak under his feet. As he goes about his daily chores, a pail bumps his knee, pong, pong, poink! The cow moos while she is being milked, and the horses thumpety thump...
Tiny on the farm
Meister, Cari.
Paper Book
Tiny makes a giant discovery in his first picture book. Tiny, the lovable giant dog, is starring in his very first picture book! Tiny and Eliot are visiting Uncle John's farm, and they plan to help with chores. But Uncle John's cat and her new kittens are missing, so Eliot and Tiny decide to find...
Fergus and Zeke and the great farm field trip
Messner, Kate
Paper Book
Will the two classroom mice make it back to the bus on time, or will they be stuck on the farm forever? A funny adventure tailor-made for farm-loving kids. Fergus and Zeke love being the class pets in Miss Maxwell's class, and they always want to do whatever the students do. So...
My farm friends
Minor, Wendell.
Other
Is there anything cuter than a little lamb or playful piglet? Farm animals are fascinating, and they are full of surprises, too. Naturally, cows make milk- but did you know they need to drink a bathtub-full of water every day? And of course turkeys gobble- but sometimes they purr like cats. Wendell...
Cows
Nelson, Robin
Paper Book
Take a visit to the farm and learn about the features and roles of a cow.
Sheep
Nelson, Robin
Paper Book
Take a visit to the farm and learn about the features and roles of a sheep.
Fantastic farm machines
Peterson, Cris.
Paper Book
The day-to-day business of growing and harvesting crops for food is brought to dramatic life in this Nebraska Children's Agriculture Book of the Year as children see farmers and their machinery hard at work. Farmers lifted and hauled, cut and chopped, plowed and planted, waters and mowed by...
Dinosaur farm
Preston-Gannon, Frann
Paper Book
Its hard work being a farmer--and even harder running a DINOSAUR FARM! Children will love spending a day on this vibrant farm, filled with appealing prehistoric creatures of every shape and size. Theyll follow the farmer from dawn till dusk, through feedings, cleanings, baby...
The year at Maple Hill Farm
Provensen, Alice.
Paper Book
This is a book about farm animals, and what happens during one year on a farm. In January, the cows stay in the barnyard, and the chickens don't lay many eggs. By March, you can tell spring is coming: the barn is filled with baby animals. Month by month, the animals at Maple Hill Farm...
Go to sleep, little farm
Ray, Mary Lyn
Paper Book
     In the tradition of Margaret Wise Brown, Mary Lyn Ray presents a hushed picture book about the rhythm of the natural world on a small farm as all creatures prepare for sleep. Artist Christopher Silas Neal's classic illustrations quiet even the most...
Anywhere farm
Root, Phyllis
Paper Book
For any anywhere farm, here's all that you need: soil and sunshine, some water, a seed. You might think a farm means fields, tractors, and a barnyard full of animals. But you can plant a farm anywhere you like! A box or a bucket, a boot or a pan -- almost anything can be...
Senses on the farm
Rotner, Shelley.
Paper Book
Funny Farm
Teague, Mark.
Paper Book
Hawthorne Farm is a funny farm, a good-humored farm, a farm that is chock full of fun! Award-winning author/illustrator Mark Teague creates a farm with a sense of humor. Readers will laugh out loud when Cousin Edward arrives from the city to help out on the farm. The cows, pigs, and...
A year on the farm
Unstead, Sue
Paper Book
Follow the busy lives of Mr. and Mrs. Farmer through A Year on the Farm, looking after the animals and growing crops. Look out for the busy Red Tractor who's helping out! Level 1 books are stories for children just beginning to learn to read. They use short, simple sentences, simple...
Goose on the farm
Wall, Laura
Paper Book
When Sophie and Goose go on a class trip to the farm, Goose starts to feel left out and sets out on his own. He meets many new animals along the way, but it's not quite the same as being with his friend Sophie, until . . . BAAA! Has Goose made a new friend? In Laura Wall's latest...
Planters
Weingarten, E. T.
Paper Book
Sowing crops on a farm would be backbreaking working without the machines called planters. These tractor-pulled tools can look quite different. Some are small, sowing just one row, and some can plant as many as 48 rows at a time! Readers will find out how these machines work and see their parts in...
Tractors
Weingarten, E. T.
Paper Book
Tractors are one of the most useful and utilized machines on a farm. These valuable vehicles are designed to pull heavy loads as well as other machines that help farmers in a variety of ways. Readers will love seeing some impressive tractors at work in this accessible volume. They'll learn the...
The giants' farm
Yolen, Jane
Paper Book
From the bestselling and beloved team Jane Yolen and Tomie dePaola come the adventures of a family of hilarious and huge-hearted Giants in this series for Aladdin QUIX, a line of fun-to-read, short chapter books. Meet Dazzle, Grizzle, Grub, Grab, and Dab, a family of giants who...

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