Agricultural Mural Recommended Reading List

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

Updated June 3, 2026
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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...
Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm
Cowley, Joy.
Paper Book
Uh-oh.  Mrs. Wishy-Washy is at it again. Rubbing and scrubbing all the animals on the farm. But this time they aren't standing for it. Duck, Cow, and Pig are leaving mean old Mrs. Wishy-Washy for good! They run away to the big city.  But they get lost, wander into a restaurant, and even...
Hello, farm!
Frost, Maddie
Paper Book
Say hello to farm animals in a book that's indestructible! Who munches the grass? Hungry cows! Who rolls in the mud? Playful pigs! Who greets the day? Crowing roosters! Indestructibles is the trusted series for easing little ones into story time. Beloved by...
Miss MacDonald has a farm
Gwarjanski, Kalee
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....
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...
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.
Paper Book
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...
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...
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...
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...

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