An epic novel of love and heroism and hope, set against the backdrop of one of America's most defining eras-the Great Depression. Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a...

Using the building verse of "The House that Jack Built," a farm girl creates a pinata of papier mache with the help of a boy and the animals on the farm. Includes a glossary of Spanish words, and a step-by-step guide to building your own pinata.

Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.

"On a small family farm, an old truck falls into disrepair and lies nearly forgotten, except by the family's daughter. The truck is been part of her daydreams as she grows up and develops strength and independence. As an industrious young woman, she pulls the rusted and overgrown vehicle from its almost-grave and restores it"--

The inhabitants of Old MacDonald's farm are described, verse by verse.

When his life of yummy slops, a back-scratching farmer, and a duck best friend is threatened by an Evil Chicken plot involving a tractor-rocket, Pig becomes further upset when Duck shows his porcine friend the shed where pigs are prepared for dinner.

"After learning to thrive on a remote, wild island, robot Roz now finds herself trapped on a farm owned by the Shareef family. Roz's new life thrusts her into another set of risks, forcing her to survive tornadoes and attacks by wolves. Desperate to escape from the farm and return to her old life on the island -- and to find her son, Brightbill -- Roz begins a journey for freedom through the wilderness and then into a bustling city, where she must...