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When his family returns to Medford, Massachusetts, Ralph can't adjust to town after the freedom of ranch life in Colorado, so his mother sends him to his grandfather's farm in Maine, where a whole new set of adventures unfolds.

It looked as though it was going to be a dry and dreary summer on the farm for a mischievous little girl named Garnet. But the day she stumbled upon a silver thimble everything began to go right for Garnet and her family. Didn't the rain come and end the drought? And most wonderful of all was what happened to Garnet's little pig at the county fair.

Grandpa and Uncle Charlie officially give the family farm to Josh, who takes on the responsibility and begins to think about creating a family of his own.

With the coming of the Great Depression to the upper Midwest, two farmer's wives are pitted against one another, exposing the dark secrets they hide and triggering a series of events that will unravel their friendship--and their families.

Illustrations and simple rhyming text recall life on a family farm.

Toaff is a small squirrel full of big questions. Why must I stay away from the human's house? Why shouldn't I go beyond the pine trees? Why do we fight with the red squirrels across the drive? His sister shrugs--that's just the way things are. His brother bullies--because I said so. And the older squirrels scold--too many questions! Can Toaff really be the only one to wonder why?--Amazon.

A poem describes a farm at midnight.

A lamb nursed back to life becomes Peter's special pet. As the lamb, grows up to become leader of the flock, Peter grows into a strong, brave young shepherd who faces the dangers of mountain storms and wild animals. Then comes a time when Peter encounters a different challenge in his growing up--the loss of a beloved companion.

A boy surprises his father on Christmas morning by getting up early and milking the cows on their farm.

The egg and I (1947): On their wedding night Bob informs his new bride Betty that he has bought a chicken farm. An abandoned chicken farm, to be exact, which is obvious when the two move in. Betty endures Bob's enthusiasm for the rural life, rustic inconveniences, and battling nature, but her patience is severely tested when glamorous neighbor Harriet Putnam seems to set her sights on Bob. The further adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle (1949): The Kettles...