Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Letters from an American farmer	J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur	Written by an emigrant French aristocrat turned farmer, the Letters from an American Farmer (1782) posed the famous question: "What, then, is the American, this new man?," as a new nation took shape …	OL1097757W
Willie Bea and the time the Martians landed	Virginia Hamilton	In October of 1938, on their farm homestead in Ohio, a black family is caught up in the fear generated by the Orson Welles "Martians have landed" broadcast.	OL112113W
Zeely	Virginia Hamilton	Geeder's summer at her uncle's farm is made special because of her friendship with a very tall, composed woman who raises hogs and who closely resembles the magazine photograph of a Watutsi queen.	OL112131W
McBroom and the great race	Sid Fleischman	With his one-acre farm as the prize, Josh McBroom on a giant chicken races Heck Jones on a Wyoming jackalope.	OL114697W
The scarebird	Sid Fleischman	A lonely old farmer realizes the value of human friendship when a young man comes to help him and his scarecrow with their farm.	OL114710W
Franny Parker	Hannah Roberts McKinnon	Through a hot, dry Oklahoma summer, twelve-year-old Franny tends wild animals brought by her neighbors, hears gossip during a weekly quilting bee, befriends a new neighbor who has some big secrets, a…	OL12793899W
Works (Ethan Frome / Hermit and the Wild Woman and other stories)	Edith Wharton	Contains: The hermit and the wild woman -- The last asset -- In trust -- The pretext -- The verdict -- The pot-boiler -- The best man -- [Ethan Frome](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98501W…	OL13131348W
A widow's hope	Mary Ellis	A bright new voice shares a tender love story set in the rolling green fields of Ohio Amish country. After the death of her husband, Hannah Brown is determined to make a new life with her sister’s…	OL13650644W
The land remembers	Ben Logan	The Land Remembers is the autobiographical account of Ben Logan, first published in 1975 by Heartland Press. Logan was raised on his family's farm, Seldom Seen, in the southwest Wisconsin hill countr…	OL14852546W
A colonial Quaker girl	Sarah Wister	Presents the diary of the sixteen-year-old daughter of a prominent Quaker family who moved with her family from British-occupied Philadelphia for the safety of the countryside during the Revolutionar…	OL14854422W
Sophie Is Seven (Sophie Books)	Dick King-Smith	Sophie, a young girl who takes a no-nonsense approach to life's problems, pursues her dream of becoming a "lady farmer."	OL14923W
The naked lady	Wallace, Ian	When a sculptor moves in to the farm next door, young Tom is inspired to become an artist.	OL14989236W
Ethan Frome and other stories (Ethan Frome / Dilettante / Other Two / Xingu)	Edith Wharton	Contains: - [Ethan Frome](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98501W/Ethan_Frome) - The other two - The dilettante - Xingu	OL15000117W
Pulling together	Dawn L. Watkins	When his family must sell one of their beloved workhorses, Matthew makes a personal sacrifice in hopes that the team can win the prize money at the local horse pulling contest.	OL15014136W
Bluebird summer	Deborah Hopkinson	Gramps's farm isn't the same after Grandma's death, but slowly Mags and Cody work to recreate her spirit by bringing back some of the things she loved.	OL15024732W
One Bright Penny	Geraldine McCaughrean	An old man bets each of his children that they cannot fill the barn for a penny.	OL15051747W
Coriander the contrary hen	Dori Chaconas	Coriander the contrary hen sits, refusing to move, in the middle of the road causing a traffic jam until one clever little girl comes up with a solution.	OL15054162W
My trip to the farm	Mercer Mayer	While visiting his grandparents at their farm, Little Critter helps by gathering the eggs, feeding the goats, riding a horse, and doing other fun jobs. Includes activities.	OL15074914W
The farmer in the dell	Steve Simpson	An illustrated version of the traditional game song accompanied by music.	OL15095182W
The duck who loved puddles	Michael J. Pellowski	A little duck looks everywhere on the farm for a wet place to splash, but all the water seems to be intended for someone else.	OL15122491W