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(0)Gordon W. Fredrickson
Author
Publisher
Beaver's Pond Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
xiv, 119 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Prepare to be transported to a time and place that you will never forget: a place of hard work and fun; a place of serious activity and foolishness; a place of conflict and love; a place of proud stoicism and warm sentiment. Let yourself become part of the moments of farm country, circa 1950, with twenty-nine poems and forty photographs depicting life's joys and challenges for the men, women, and children involved in tilling the soil. [This book]...
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
On a small dairy farm, Christmas Eve of 1950, three children, hoping Santa will visit their house, go to the barn to help with the evening milking. While ten-year-old Jimmy, who doubts Santa's existence, guides Maggie, nine, and Joey, five, through feeding calves and teaching a newborn calf how to drink from a pail, Santa accidentally leaves behind a surprise that transforms Jimmy into a permanent believer.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"On a cool Halloween night in 1950, Jimmy, Maggie, and Joey Carlson dress up to go trick or treating in the farm country neighborhood. Disguised as a pirate, a ghost, and a tramp, they venture into the darkness of a tree-lined country road. But a scary adventure awaits when they stray from the path--will they face their fears on this terrifying night?"--p. 4 of cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations, map ; 25 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Putting new-mown hay in the barn is hot, sweaty, work, so a trip to Web Lake was a real treat. The trip is postponed when the Carlsons have to round up their herd of cows who have broken through a fence.
Author
Series
Publisher
Beaver's Pond Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
x, 172 pages : color illustrations, map ; 29 x 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Summer is ending, the grain has been cut, and Jimmy Carlson and his family wait nervously for the arrival of the threshing machine. When it rumbles on the farm, the whole neighborhood gathers for a long day of spreading shocks, loadin, pitching, threshing, and, of course, the threshing feast. But as Jimmy's family and neighbors work hard to bring in the Carlsons' precious grain, a few of the boys do some troublemaking of thier own."--Back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Beaver's Pond Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
ix, 337 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
Like the other books in the Farm Country Tales series, A Farm Country Haying celebrates the joys and challenges of farm life in the 1950s. With over 600 photographs and illustrations, this farm coffee table book is a portrait of American farm heritage that, without storytelling, would otherwise be lost to time. From the illustrated story to the carefully gathered firsthand accounts, A Farm Country Haying draws generations together with haying memories...
Author
Publisher
Beaver's Pond Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 x 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Raising Little Duck is a timeless story of survival. When a neighbor gives three duck eggs to Mom, she challenges her son to raise the ducklings. After the ducklings hatch, the boy find that one has a deformed bill and will need special care. He pleads with his mom to let him try and save the duckling. But is he up to the task? And will the duckling grow to be a useful part of the flock?
13) Discovery
Author
Publisher
Beaver's Pond Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
vii, 232 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In the mid-1950s, traumatic events test all levels of love, lust, friendship, loyalty, and courage in a close-knit farm neighborhood where teens and adults keep secrets for their own convenience or their own survival. As tensions build, they're forced to take courageous risks to sacrifice their happiness for the safety of others.
Author
Publisher
Beaver's Pond Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xi, 285 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Like the other books in the Farm Country series, "A Farm Country Silo Filling" celebrates the joys and challenges of farm life in 1950, but in addition to the story, which is illustrated by Robert Williams, the book contains three sections of photographic essays, including the history of the silo, past corn growing and harvesting, and a section on enthusiasts who work to celebrate and preserve corn harvesting traditions. "A Farm Country Silo Filling"...
