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The Farm Next Door

by Kelly Rice Schmitt Publisher: KNOPF

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A neighborhood’s economy, seen through a farm

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A neighborhood’s economy, seen through a farm

Farmer Fran’s daily work connects her farm to the people around her: eggs, milk, and vegetables make their way to customers, showing how one person’s labor can serve a community. When a storm damages the farm, the neighbors organize a fundraiser, shifting the story’s focus from exchange and work to mutual support. The book introduces money alongside the idea that a community depends on people helping one another, with animal characters and a farm-neighborhood setting.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 beginning to explore money and how work supports a community.
  • Families and educators seeking a picture-book starting point for conversations about neighbors helping one another.

Themes

Money and exchangeWork and communityMutual aidFarming

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Book overview

Discover how one individual impacts her community economically and how YOU can too in this inspiring story about a farmer and her friends!

Farmer Fran's community depends on her. She collects the eggs, milks the cows, picks the vegetables, and delivers everything to her customers, keeping the neighborhood going! Then a storm hits, destroying the farm, and Farmer Fran has to lean on her neighbors in her time of need. The town creates a fundrasier for her and Farmer Fran learns the true value of community.

For fans of Richard Scarry, here is a gentle introduction to the concept of money and community, using heartwarming animal characters, from a New York Times bestselling illustrator.
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