Martha E. H. Rustad - Fall Harvests: Bringing in Food

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Falls Here!

Fall
Harvests

Bringing in Food

Martha E. H. Rustad

Illustrated by

Amanda Enright

In honor of my grandparents,
who harvested many crops
from the North Dakota soil
M. E. H. R.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rustad, Martha E. H. (Martha Elizabeth Hillman), 1975
Fall harvests : bringing in food / by Martha E. H.
Rustad ; illustrated by Amanda Enright.
p. cm. (Cloverleaf books. Falls here!)
Includes index.
ISBN 9780761350675 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
1. HarvestingJuvenile literature. I. Enright, Amanda,
ill. II. Title.
SB129.R925 2012
631.55dc22 2010053467
Manufactured in the United States of America
1 BP 7/15/11

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter One

Fall Foods

Yum! I help my dad make
applesauce. We eat pecan
pie and pumpkin bread every
Thanksgiving.

Some of my favorite foods are harvested in the fall.

But last spring, they all started off small.

ln fall, apples, pecans,
and pumpkins are all ripe,
ready to eat.

Chapter Two

Growing Food

Spring is for planting.

In spring, farmers plant seeds to
grow food for people and animals.

Tiny sprouts push out of the dirt.
They will grow into pumpkins, turnips,
potatoes, and corn. In orchards, apple
and pecan trees blossom in the spring.

Farmers plant seeds far
apart. Plants need lots of
room to grow. By fall, the
plants will fill in the spaces.

Summer is for growing.

Leaves turn sunlight into
food for growing plants.

Roots gather water
for thirsty plants.

The green color
inside leaves is
called chlorophyll.
Chlorophyll makes
food for plants.

Slowly, plants change and grow.

Weeds and bugs can hurt growing plants.
Weeds crowd out growing crops. Bugs eat
growing leaves.

Farmers and gardeners work
hard to stop weeds and bugs.

People pull weeds
with tools, machines,
and their hands.
Some gardeners pick
bugs off by hand too.

Chapter Three

Harvesting Food

Fall is for harvesting.

Plants stop growing in the
cool fall weather.

Crops are ripe and ready for harvest.
People harvest food using their hands
or machines.

Some farmers also plant grain
seeds in fall. These grains
grow a little in fall. They stop
growing in winter. They start
growing again in spring. They
are ripe in early summer.

Farmers harvest fruit
from orchard trees in fall.
People pick ripe apples and
peaches by hand.

Ripe pecans fall from
pecan trees. Farmers
sometimes use machines to
shake pecans from trees.

Farmers know when
apples and peaches are
ready to be picked. Ripe
fruit is easy to pull off
the tree.

Chapter Four

Harvest Festivals

People around the world have
festivals in fall. The festivals
are parties to celebrate all the food
harvested that year.

In Korea, people have the
Harvest Moon Festival. They
eat rice cakes and play games.

At the Yam Festival in Ghana, people laugh and dance.

They eat yams, walk in parades, and make music.

In North America, Thanksgiving is a time
for family. Families eat big meals, watch
parades, and play sports.

In fall, the earth gets ready to rest.
Farmers and gardeners get ready to rest too.

I am thankful for the fall harvest.
What is your favorite fall food?