Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom
Ag-Related Books for Children and Young Adults
Dairy
French, Vivian, Oliver's Milk Shake, Orchard, 2001. (Grades Prek-3)Oliver is a picky eater, but his Aunt Jen is determined to change his ways. Oliver learns to like milk through a visit to the farm and Aunt Jen's yummy milk shakes. |
Hall, Donald, The Milkman's Boy, Walker, 1997. (K-4)Paul Graves is coming of age during a time when horses and carriages shared roads with Model Ts, and new technology changed old ways of doing things. His father calls the new invention of pasteurization nothing but a fad . . . until one day a fever strikes Paul's sister, and his family learns a hard lesson about the need to balance change and tradition. |
Jones, Carol, Cheese (From Farm to You), Chelsea, 2002. (Grades 4-6) |
Older, Jules, and Lyn Severance, Cow, Charlesbridge, 1997. (K-3)Ever wondered why an ice-cream sundae isn't called an ice-cream Thursday? Having trouble telling a Jersey from a Holstein? Confused about the difference between a cow and a bull? COW has the answers and much, much more. With bright, humorous illustrations and funny but factual text, COW presents everything you want to know about these popular bovines. |
Wheeler, Lisa and Ponder Goembel, Sailor Moo: Cow at Sea, Atheneum, 2002 (Grades preK-2)Compelled to follow her dreams, dairy cow Moo leaves behind the farm's fields of waving wheat for the rollicking waves of the ocean. A stint as galley cook to the feline crew of the Cat's Meow is cut short by a storm that tosses Moo "into the brew" where she is quickly rescued by a pair of her cousins, the sea cows, and escorted to a cattle barge. But the gang with studded ears on board turns out to be a bunch of "looting steers cow buccaneers." Luckily Moo wins the heart of captain Red Angus and encourages him to abandon his pirate ways for married life on the Jersey shore. |