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...
Our friendly farmhouse
Ferguson, Melissa
Paper Book
Breathe in fresh, country air and dream of a slower, simpler, sweeter life in this poetic story about building a homestead with heart from bestselling novelist Melissa Ferguson. One day Papa burst into the kitchen with a wild idea. What if the family moved to the country What...
Thank a farmer
Gianferrari, Maria
Paper Book
Bread, milk, wool, fruits, and vegetables: things that fill our day to day lives. But where, and who, do they come from? Across wheat fields and city rooftop gardens, mushroom beds and maple forests, Thank a Farmer traces the food and clothing that a family uses back to the people who harvested...
The farm
Hoena, B. A.
Paper Book
Text and photographs introduce a visit to the farm, with descriptions of some farm buildings including barns and bins, and identifies some farm animals including chickens, sheep and pigs.
Your farm
Klassen, Jon
Paper Book
"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...
City Summer, Country Summer
Laymon, Kiese
Paper Book
CORETTA SCOTT KING ILLUSTRATOR HONOR BOOK . A lyrical picture book from the award-winning author of Heavy, about three Black boys who form a deep connection during a transformative summer trip down South to visit family. On the ground of that garden, covered in...
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...
Farmer John's tractor
Sutton, Sally.
Paper Book
Rhyming read-aloud text and atmospheric illustrations tell a satisfying tale of a family stranded in a flood -- and a reliable old tractor to the rescue. Farmer John's tractor lies locked in the shed,rusty yet trusty and orangey red. When the rain comes that season,...
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
When a kind and hardworking duck nearly collapses from overwork, while taking care of a farm because the owner is too lazy to do so, the rest of the animals get together and chase the farmer out of town.
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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