Agricultural Mural Recommended Reading List

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

Updated June 3, 2026
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La granja
Arlon, Penelope.
Paper Book
A bright and engaging first information book about farms, specially designed for children learning to read.FARM is full of facts and images of all the wonderful things that make a farm run. Recognizable animals, such as roosters and cows, are combined with the more unusual aspects of farm life, such...
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...
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...
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!"<...
Farm
Hernandez, Leeza
Paper Book
This robust board book will fascinate babies and introduce them to life on the farm, from big animals to bees and tractors. Every page is designed to stimulate developing minds, with striking high-contrast illustrations and inviting holes to peek through.
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.
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.
Paper Book
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
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...
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...
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...

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