Agricultural Mural Recommended Reading List

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

Updated June 3, 2026
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Agricultural Mural Recommended Reading List

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

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Animals on the farm
Amstutz, Lisa J.
Ebook
Introduce your beginning readers to seven of the most common animals on the farm with a hearty "Hello, cows!" and a "Hello, pigs!" Up-close photos and leveled text pair up for a fun meet-and-greet filled with facts, feathers, and fur.
Buildings on the farm
Amstutz, Lisa J.
Ebook
Go beyond the barn! Buildings on the Farm takes beginning readers on a structural tour that includes a barn, a stable, a machine shed, and more. Full-color photos highlight the buildings, while leveled text describes the basic function of each.
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...
Once upon a farm
Bradby, Marie.
Paper Book
Told in poetic detail and with Ted Rand's exquisite watercolors, "Once Upon a Farm" portrays the toil and triumph of farm life. With barns and bales, fences and flowers, chores and churns, we weather the seasons along with the young narrator. Told from a child's perspective,...
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
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...
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...
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...
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....
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 and tonight they're ready to ROCK...
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...
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...
Pigs
Nelson, Robin
Ebook
Take a visit to the farm and learn about the features and roles of a pig.
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...
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...
Chickens on the farm
Schuh, Mari C.
Paper Book
Text and photographs describe chickens and how they are raised.
Pigs on the farm
Schuh, Mari C.
Paper Book
Text and photographs describe pigs and how they are raised.
A year on the farm
Unstead, Sue
Paper Book
Help your child power up their reading skills and learn all about the work farmers do all year long with this fun-filled nonfiction reader carefully leveled to help children progress. DK Super Readers Level 1: A Year on the Farm will introduce kids to what happens in each...
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