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.

A Farm Country Christmas Eve

Children's Books

Gordon W. Fredrickson

Holidays & Celebrations

Beavers Pond Press

Young Nancy loves farm animals, especially cows, and when she explains to her kitty, Dusty, what she would do if she were a dairy farmer, her detailed imagination takes them both through an adventure in which Nancy is the hero.

If I Were a Farmer: Nancy's Adventure

Animals

Beaver’s Pond Press

"What did you see at the farm, children?" asks the school principal when a class returns from a field trip. But instead of describing what they actually witnessed on the farm, the children answer with their imaginations: dogs dance, chickens practice law, and cats play baseball in this colorful farmyard romp. What I Saw on the Farm signs with fun rhyme and rhythm, which children will enjoy hearing and adults will enjoy reading again and again. Each imaginative illustration by twelve-year-old Bradley Simon appears with a photograph of the actual farm animal, making the book an accurate reference for children as well as an entertaining tale.

What I Saw On The Farm

If I Were a Farmer: Making Hay

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" features over three hundred photographs that serve to give the reader historical perspective on raising and harvesting corn. Readers of all ages can share in the fascination of images that capture corn harvest activities in the 1800s and 1900s, collected by Nancy A. Fredrickson from museums and private collections. These photos are accompanied by Gordon W. Fredrickson's family stories and interviews with others that have corn harvesting in their blood. 
 A unique celebration of harvesting corn, this book draws generations together in a volume sure to become a treasured family heirloom-one no meant to rest quietly on a shelf, but instead, to inspire youth to actively engage in conversations with old-timers as they weave the narrative of the land, giving voice to tales of corn harvests long ago that otherwise may have been lost forever. 
 "School has started, autumn has arrived, and the Carlson family knows that it is time to start filling the silo. Jimmy, his sister Maggie, and his brother Joey look forward to filling silo with the help of their neighbors because it means playing with their friends and eating big meals prepared for the workers, but their parents have another plan. With the help of their grandfather, their parents strike out on their own by investing in their own silage cutter so they can fill their silo without help from anyone else. The task is huge and they are challenged by bad luck and bad weather. Will they have the courage and stamina to pull through?"

A Farm Country Silo Filling

Nancy A. Fredrickson

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 with tilling the soil."Farm Country Moments: Poetry, Pictures, and Memories" aims to educate and entertain readers of all ages. Youth will learn about the memorable moments that belonged to previous generations in a way that is relevant to their lives, and older generations will be inspired to remember long-forgotten stories of their youth.About the AuthorGordon and Nancy have been giving presentations that promote farm heritage at historical societies, schools, museums, banquets, nursing homes, senior centers, and other organizations for over fourteen years. This is the tenth book they have published in the last six years, and they have over twenty more titles planned. Contact them through their website to arrange a visit to your school or organization.

Farm Country Moments: Poems, Pictures, and Memories

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