HOORAY FOR
FARMERS !
by Kurt Waldendorf
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Names: Waldendorf, Kurt, author.
Title: Hooray for farmers! / by Kurt Waldendorf.
Other titles: Hooray for community helpers!
Description: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2016] | Series: Bumba books Hooray for
community helpers! | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016001070 (print) | LCCN 2016002239 (ebook) | ISBN
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Table of
Contents
Farmers
Farmers help plants and
animals grow.
They work on farms.
Farms use lots of land.
Farmers plant crops
on this land.
Animals live on the
land too.
Farmers use big machines.
This farmer pulls a plow
with a tractor.
The plow gets the ground ready
for seeds.
Why do you
think farmers
might need
big machines?
Seeds grow into crops.
Corn grows high out of
the ground.
Farmers use a combine
to pick the corn.
Some farmers do not need
machines.
This farmer uses her hands.
She collects chicken eggs.
Farmers take care of animals.
The animals grow from babies
to adults.
Farmers keep the animals healthy.
This farmer feeds a baby pig.
What other
ways do you
think farmers
care for
their animals?
Farmers provide the food we eat.
We eat eggs and meat from
chickens.
We eat the corn that grows
in fields.
What other
foods do
farmers grow?
Farmers know a lot about farm
animals and crops.
They learn from other farmers.
Other people go to college
to learn too.
Farming is hard work.
Farmers wake up early
to care for animals.
They work all day long.
Farmer Tools
plow
tractor
seeds
combine
Picture Glossary
collects to gather or
pick things
combine a machine that
collects crops
crops plants grown for
food or goods
plow a machine that
digs up soil
Index
animals, ,
chickens,
combine,
corn,
crops,
eggs,
farms,
land,
plants,
plow,
seeds,
Read More
Jeffries, Joyce. Meet the Farmer. New York: Gareth Stevens, 2014.
Meister, Cari. Farmers. Minneapolis: Bullfrog Books, 2015.