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It's Corn Picking Time!

by Jill Esbaum Publisher: NEAL PORTER BOOKS

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A corn harvest, from tractor seat to grain wagon

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  • Editorial selection

    Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

    Selected as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A corn harvest, from tractor seat to grain wagon

The harvest unfolds through the machinery and work of a corn farm: a cornhead gathers stalks, a spreader handles chaff, and a grain wagon takes on the crop. Rhyming text and colorful illustrations give the farm sequence a read-aloud format, while information at the back adds more about farm life. The book connects the sounds and movement of harvesting equipment with a farmer’s excitement at the season’s first golden heaps.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 interested in tractors, trucks, and farm machinery
  • Young readers exploring farming and where crops come from
  • Adults seeking a rhyming nonfiction read-aloud about a farm harvest

Themes

Corn farmingHarvest machineryFarm lifeSeasonal work

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Book overview

Hop in the tractor and ride along with a corn farmer in this rhyming read-aloud full of things that clack, whoosh, and roll!

It's corn-picking time, and the farmer has all her tools ready! The cornhead gobbles the stalks. The spreader spits out chaff. The grain wagon fills with corn!

This is the farmer, whose happy heart leaps
at the sight of those first golden, glorious heaps!

Corn-picking time is a favorite season on author Jill Esbaum's family farm, and the joy is sure to be shared by young lovers of tractors, trucks, and all manner of machines. Rhyming text pairs with Melissa Crowton's colorful illustrations for a high-energy read kids will ask for again and again. Check out the copious information found at the end of the book to discover more about life on a farm.

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!
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