Central Skagit Library District

It is December, and there are many things for the family to do around the farm to get it ready for winter.

Tired of being washed by Mrs. Wishy-Washy, a cow, pig, and duck leave her farm and head for the city.

"A farmhouse where twelve children grow up holds evidence of their stories long after they are gone"--

When a tornado threatens the farm, Otis the tractor must try to save the animals, including the unfriendly bull.

Gossie the gosling loves her bright red boots and wears them all of the time, every day.

Rhymed text and illustrations introduce the many different animals that live in the big red barn.

Fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs, just like the heroines in her beloved novels, yearns for real life and true love. But what hope is there for adventure, beauty, or art on a hardscrabble farm in Pennsylvania where the work never ends? Over the summer of 1911, Joan pours her heart out into her diary as she seeks a new, better life for herself -- because maybe, just maybe, a hired girl cleaning and cooking for six dollars a week can become what a farm...

A collection of tales told by a grandmother about her childhood on a Michigan farm in the 1890's.

Clyde the rooster is a little scrawny, so he is having a hard time trying to measure up to his predecessor on the farm--but with a little help from a friendly goose he may find a crow of his own.

In the grip of World War II, Maria has realized that her Nazi-occupied Ukrainian town is no longer safe. Though she and her family might survive, her friend Nathan, who is Jewish, is in grave danger. So Maria and Nathan flee - into the heart of Hitler's Reich in Austria. There, they hope to hide in plain sight by blending in with other foreign workers. But their plans are disrupted when they are separated, sent to work in different towns. With no...