A Dairy Farm ABC Book offers a new and interesting way for young children to discover the world of agriculturespecifically, the dairy farmwhile learning the letters of the alphabet. Each letter is illustrated not only with a photograph but also with a unique description that introduces the dairy farm to children with fun and interesting facts. The book describes various people, places, and things you might find on the dairy farm. Special pictures help bring the letters and objects to life in a way that is stimulating not only for children learning their letters, but also for those reading it to them. Help your children learn about the ABCs and bring them the the sights and sounds of a dairy farm with A Dairy Farm ABC Book.
For use in schools and libraries only. The various letters of the alphabet are illustrated by descriptions of farm animals and discussions of life on a farm.
Black-and-white Holstein cows dot Vermont’s landscape: a visual feast of valleys and lakes dissected by the lush Green Mountains. Vermont has the highest ratio of cows to people of any state in our country: one cow for every four people who live there. Woody Jackson has lived there for more than twenty-five years. He has watched the seasons pass from glorious autumn foliage, to winter’s many months of cold and snow, to muddy spring, to the green, green Vermont summertime. Always present are the cows. This beautiful alphabet book will appeal to adults and young children alike.
Swine flu. Bird flu. Unusual concentrations of cancer and other diseases. Massive fish kills from flesh-eating parasites. Recalls of meats, vegetables, and fruits because of deadly E-coli bacterial contamination. Recent public health crises raise urgent questions about how our animal-derived food is raised and brought to market. In Animal Factory, bestselling investigative journalist David Kirby exposes the powerful business and political interests behind large-scale factory farms, and tracks the far-reaching fallout that contaminates our air, land, water, and food. In this thoroughly researched book, Kirby follows three families and communities whose lives are utterly changed by immense neighboring animal farms. These farms (known as "Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations," or CAFOs), confine thousands of pigs, dairy cattle, and poultry in small spaces, often under horrifying conditions, and generate enormous volumes of fecal and biological waste as well as other toxins. Weaving science, politics, law, big business, and everyday life, Kirby accompanies these families in their struggles against animal factories. A North Carolina fisherman takes on pig farms upstream to preserve his river, his family's life, and his home. A mother in a small Illinois town pushes back against an outsized dairy farm and its devastating impact. And a Washington State grandmother becomes an unlikely activist when her home is invaded by foul odors and her water supply is compromised by runoff from leaking lagoons of cattle waste. Animal Factory is an important book about our American food system gone terribly wrong---and the people who are fighting to restore sustainable farming practices and save our limited natural resources.
This is an animal alphabet book that does not teach the alphabet in isolation but gives the child the opportunity to learn to read. This book is intentional in preparing the kindergarten child for the first grade. The focus is on learning the alphabet, building vocabulary, and reading skills. The beginning kindergarten child’s focus is on learning the alphabet, but by the end of the second nine weeks of school, children will be doing much more than the alphabet. They will be reading sight words and CVC words. CVC words are three-letter words, such as run, man, top. The goal of this book is to make learning to read fun for the young child.
Tony Shepherd's life is pretty much figured out: he's got a good family, he's popular at school, and he's a basketball star. But when his girlfriend disappears, he enlists the help of Charlie Wolfe, a wise-ass from "the wrong side of the tracks" who's always willing to break the rules to get results. However, these boy detectives find themselves in darker and much more dangerous worlds than the heroes of mysteries you may have read when you were younger. Now's your chance to read this internationally-award winning series.
"Babies and toddlers will love the eye-catching photographs of asparagus, blueberries, peas, strawberries, and more in this yummy alphabet book!"--Cover back.
Rhyming text and 56 pages of beautiful color photography featuring healthy farm foods allow children to get excited about vegetables such as dragon tongue beans and fairytale eggplant to candy cane beets and green tiger zucchini.
Alex the dairy farmer needs help. His dairy cow, Polly, has a pooey problem! Join George and Ruby in this udderly fantastic tale, as they get to the bottom of the dairy dilemma using Ruby's beaut agronomy skills.
