Describes why and how farmers grow crops including grain crops such as corn, cereal, bread and rice, along with fruits, vegetables, nuts, sunflowers and cotton.

Farm Crops (Let's See Library)

Children's Books

Gillis, Jennifer Blizin

Geography & Cultures

Compass Point Books

Describes why farmers raise animals including dairy goats, dairy cows, beef cattle, laying hens, turkeys, pigs, and sheep.

Farm Animals (Let's See Library)

Animals

Provides a history of farming including a description of how farm buildings were, what farm tools were used, how farmers would get water, how crops were planted and picked, what farm animals were used and raised, and how farmers survived in bad

Farms Long Ago (Let's See Library)

Science & Math

Technology

Farm Machines (Let's See Library)

Mercy Otis Warren: Author and Historian (Signature Lives: Revolutionary War Era)

A biography profiling the life of Mercy Otis Warren, a colonial patriot who used her writing skills to record history and support the independence of the American colonies from Great Britain. Includes source notes and timeline.

Mercy Otis Warren: Author And Historian (Signature Lives)

Biographies

A biography profiling the life and military career of Robert E. Lee, who after years of service in the U.S. Army, resigned to serve as general of the Confederate army during the U.S. Civil War. Includes source notes and timeline.

Robert E. Lee: Confederate Commander (Signature Lives: Civil War Era)

Teen & Young Adult

On April 12, 1861, Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. This marked the beginning of the bloody Civil War. Confederate soldiers volunteered and were later drafted to fight the war against the Union. An estimated 800,000 Southern men served in the Confederate Army. Their lives were difficult, as they faced brutal combat, disease, starvation, loneliness, and lack of proper shelter and clothing. The four long years of war changed their lives forever.

The Confederate Soldier (We the People)

History

The Confederate Soldier (We the People: Civil War Era)

Farms Long Ago (Let's See Library - Farms)

Learn how to play your favorite sport or participate in your favorite activity in this exciting series from Compass Point Books. Each book in the For Fun series features bold, full-color photos, informative text, and all sorts of fun facts about your favorite pastime. A quick reference guide, timeline of important events, instructions on basic skills, biographies of notable people, glossary, and index are included.

Ballroom Dancing for Fun!

Arts, Music & Photography

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