An Agriculture Interest Booklist I created:
Anything to add?
Kindergarten:
Introduction to Basic Farm Concepts:
Animals, Plants, Seeds, Soil
The Milk Makers, by Gail Gibbons
From Seed to Plant, by Gail Gibbons
Farming, by Gail Gibbons
The Honey Makers, by Gail Gibbons
Pigs, by Gail Gibbons
Chicks and Chickens, by Gail Gibbons
Farm by Elisha Cooper
The Tiny Seed, by Eric Carle
Dirt, the Scoop on Soil, by Natalie Rosinsky
Grade 1
Basic Farm Concepts I:
Basic Farm Concepts, Machines, Seasons, Farming as a career, Compost
Jobs on a Farm, by Nancy Dickmann
Food from Farms, by Nancy Dickmann
Farm Machines, by Nancy Dickmann
Plants on a Farm, by Nancy Dickmann
Seasons on a Farm, by Nancy Dickmann
How a Seed Grows, by Helene Jordan
From Seed to Plant, by Allan Fowler
Compost Stew, Mary McKenna Siddals
The Vegetables We Eat, by Gail Gibbons
Grades 2-3
Basic Farm Concepts II:
Basic Farm Concepts I, International Farming, Autobiography of a Farm,
How Do Apples Grow?, by Betsy Maestro, Guilo Maestro
A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds, by Jean Richards
From Cow to Ice Cream, by Bertram Knight
From Wheat to Pasta, by Robert Egan
Milk, From Cow to Carton, by Aliki
A Day in the Life of a Farmer, by Heather Adamson
Farms around the World, by Catherine Veich
Fantastic Farm Machines, by Cris Peterson
Seed, Soil, Sun, by Cris Peterson
Clarabella, Making Milk and So Much More, by Cris Peterson
The Year at Maple Hill Farm, by Alice and Martin Provensen
Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm, by Alice and Martin Provensen
Grades 4-5
Basic Farm Concepts III:
Basic Farm Concepts II, History of Farming in the United States
The Complete Little House Series, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Farm Anatomy, the Curious Parts and Pieces of Country Life, by Julia Rothman
The Life and Times of the Peanut, by Charles Micucci
Our Farm, Four Seasons with Five Kids on one Family’s Farm, by Michael Rosen
Amazing Grazing, by Cris Peterson,
Century Farm, by Cris Peterson
Growing and Eating Green, Careers in Farming, Producing and Marketing Food, by Ruth Owen
Dish on Food and Farming in Colonial America, by Anika Farajado
Soil, A Resource Our World Depends On, by Ian Graham
Grades 6-8
Basic Farm Concepts IV:
Basic Farm Concepts III, History of Farming in Ipswich, Ancient Agriculture
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, By Barbara Kingsolver
Epitaph for a Peach, Four Seasons on my Family Farm, by David Matusomo
Growing a Farmer, by Kurt Timmermeister
Horse Drawn Days, A Century of Farming with Horses, by Jerry Apps
When Chores Were Done, by Jerry Apps
Our Farm, by Jerry Apps
Oranges on Golden Mountain, by Elizabeth Partridge, Aki Sogabe
The Butter Man, Elizabeth Alalou, Ali Alalou
Ancient Agriculture, From Foraging to Farming, Michael Woods
Collection of Local Stories, COA, Ipswich
Complete Collection of Works, by James Herrriot
Family Friendly Farming, by Joel Salatin
Grades 9-12
Advanced Farm Concepts:
Basic Farm Concepts IV, History Farming and Culture, History of Farming in New England, History of Farming in Massachusetts, Analysis of Food and Farm Practices,
Heirloom, Notes from an Accidental Tomato Farmer, Tim Spark
Everything I Want to Do is Illegal, War Stories from the Local Food Front, by Joel Salatin
The Omnivores Dilemma, The Secret Behind What You Eat, by Michael Pollan
Citrus, A History, By Pierce Laszlo
Turn Here Sweet Corn, Organic Farming Works, by Atina Diffley
The $64 Tomato, By William Alexander
The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture, By Wendell Barry
Folks This Ain’t Normal, A Farmer’s Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World, by Joel Salatin
Up We Grow: A Year in the Life of a Small, Local Farm
by Deborah Hodge
Seed Underground, A Growing Revolution to Save Food, by Janisse Ray
Animals in Translation, by Temple Grandin
Small Scale Grain Raising, The Contrary Farmer and At Nature’s Pace by Gene Logsdon
The Untold Story of Milk by Ron Schmidt and Sally Fallon,
Raw Milk Revolution by David Gumpert,
Malabar Farm by Louis Bromfield
Keeping a Family Cow, by Joann Grohman
New England:
Shucked: Life on a New England Oyster Farm, by Erica Byers Murray
The Real Dirt, by John Carroll
A Long Deep Furrow, Three Centuries of Farming in New England, By Mark Russell
Against the Tide, The Fate of New England Fishermen, by Richard Adams Carrey
Cranberry Harvest, by Joseph Thomas
Massachusetts:
Farmers and Fishermen: Two Centuries of Work in Essex County, Massachusetts, 1630-1830, by Daniel Vickers
Three Farms, by Mark Kramer
Founding Farms, Portraits of Five Massachusetts Family Farms, by Stan Sharer
The Great Meadow, Farmers and the Land, by Bryan Donahue