The Best Children’s Books About Farms

“What are the best Children’s books about Farms And Farming?” We looked at 143 of the top Kids Farming books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!

The top 33 titles, all appearing on 2 or more “Best Kids Farming” book lists, are ranked below by how many lists they appear on. The remaining 100+ titles, as well as the lists we used are in alphabetical order at the bottom of the page.

Happy Scrolling!

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Top 33 Best Children’s Books About Farms And Farming

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33 .) Before We Eat: From Farm to Table written by Pat Brisson

Lists It Appears On:

• Carle Museum
• Carolina Farm Stewards

As a family sits down to enjoy a meal, thoughts of those who provide the food, from farmers who plant and tend seeds to store clerks who sell groceries, fill each one with gratitude.

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32 .) Charlotte’s Web written by E. B. White

Lists It Appears On:

• Mud Pies And Manicures
• Pragmatic Mom

This beloved book by E. B. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic of children’s literature that is “just about perfect.” This high-quality paperback features vibrant illustrations colorized by Rosemary Wells! Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These are the words in Charlotte’s Web, high up in Zuckerman’s barn. Charlotte’s spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur’s life when he was born the runt of his litter. E. B. White’s Newbery Honor Book is a tender novel of friendship, love, life, and death that will continue to be enjoyed by generations to come.

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31 .) Down By the Barn written by Will Hillenbrand

Lists It Appears On:

• Barnes & Noble
• Mud Pies And Manicures

Ride with the tractor driver around the farm to pick up all of the animals.

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30 .) Down on the Farm written by Merrily Kutner

Lists It Appears On:

• Pre-K Pages
• The Measured Mom

Simple rhyming text describes the sounds and activities of animals during a day on the farm.

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29 .) Duck for President written by Doreen Cronin

Lists It Appears On:

• Mud Pies And Manicures
• Pragmatic Mom

When Duck gets tired of working for Farmer Brown, his political ambition eventually leads to his being elected President.

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28 .) Duck on a Bike written by David Shannon

Lists It Appears On:

• Mud Pies And Manicures
• The Measured Mom

A duck decides to ride a bike and soon influences all the other animals on the farm to ride bikes too.

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27 .) Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables from A-Z written by Lois Ehlert

Lists It Appears On:

• Carle Museum
• Carolina Farm Stewards

An alphabetical tour of the world of fruits and vegetables, from apricot and artichoke to yam and zucchini.

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26 .) Giggle, Giggle, Quack written by Doreen Cronin

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Life Over CS

When Farmer Brown goes on vacation, leaving his brother Bob in charge, Duck makes trouble by changing all his instructions to notes the animals like much better.

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25 .) Growing Vegetable Soup written by Lois Ehlert

Lists It Appears On:

• Carle Museum
• Carolina Farm Stewards

A father and child grow vegetables and then make them into a soup.

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24 .) Hogwash written by Karma Wilson

Lists It Appears On:

• Life Over CS
• The Measured Mom

When his stubborn pigs refuse a sudsy cleaning, a determined farmer learns that mud baths can be just as fun.

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23 .) How Did That Get in My Lunchbox? written by Christine Butterworth

Lists It Appears On:

• Carle Museum
• It’s Fundamental

The best part of a young child’s day is often opening a lunchbox and diving in. But how did all that delicious food get there? Who made the bread for the sandwich? What about the cheese inside? Who plucked the fruit? And where did the chocolate in that cookie get its start? From planting wheat to mixing flour into dough, climbing trees to machine-squeezing fruit, picking cocoa pods to stirring a vat of melted bliss, here is a clear, engaging look at the steps involved in producing some common foods. Healthy tips and a peek at basic food groups complete the menu.…

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22 .) Little Blue Truck written by Alice Schertle

Lists It Appears On:

• Life Over CS
• Pre-K Pages

A small blue truck finds his way out of a jam, with a little help from his friends.

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21 .) LuLu The Big Little Chick written by Paulette Bogan

Lists It Appears On:

• Life Over CS
• The Measured Mom

When Lulu gets tired of being told she is too little to do things, she decides to go far, far away.

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20 .) Milk: From Cow to Carton written by Aliki Brandenberg

Lists It Appears On:

• It’s Fundamental
• The Measured Mom

Briefly describes how a cow produces milk, how the milk is processed in a dairy, and how various other dairy products are made from milk.

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19 .) Millie Waits for the Mail written by Alexander Steffensmeier

Lists It Appears On:

• Life Over CS
• The Measured Mom

Millie the cow loves to scare the mailman and chase him off the farm, until the mailman comes up with a plan that ends up pleasing everyone.

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18 .) No Sleep for the Sheep! written by Karen Beaumont

Lists It Appears On:

• Life Over CS
• The Measured Mom

A sheep wants nothing but to go to sleep in the big red barn on the farm, but each time he closes his eyes, another animal moos or neighs or peeps to come in.

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17 .) Old Macdonald Had a Farm written by Pam Adams

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Mud Pies And Manicures

Matching holes on opposing die-cut pages reveal the animals on Old MacDonald’s farm and the sounds they make.

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16 .) Old MacDonald Had an Apartment House written by Judi Barrett

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• The Measured Mom

Mr. MacDonald, an apartment super, turns his building into a four-story farm with hot and cold running sweet potato vines, ceiling carrots, carpets of cabbages, and other farm produce and animals, prompting all the tenants to move out.

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15 .) Serious Farm written by Tim Egan

Lists It Appears On:

• Pragmatic Mom
• The Measured Mom

Farmer Fred takes his work very seriously and so do his animals, until they decide they need to make the farm more fun and set out to find a way to make Farmer Fred laugh.

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14 .) The Cow Who Clucked written by Denise Fleming

Lists It Appears On:

• Pre-K Pages
• The Measured Mom

When a cow loses her moo, she searches to see if another animal in the barn has it.

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13 .) The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash written by Trinka Hakes Noble

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• The Measured Mom

Jimmy’s boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm.

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12 .) The Flea’s Sneeze written by Lynn Downey

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• The Measured Mom

A flea with a cold startles all the animals in the barn when it sneezes unexpectedly.

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11 .) The Grumpy Morning written by Pamela Duncan Edwards

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Life Over CS

A cow’s moo sets off a chain reaction which causes the other animals on the farm to speak out in their own way to let the farmer’s wife know she is late to feed them.

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10 .) This Is the Farmer written by Nancy Tafuri

Lists It Appears On:

• Mud Pies And Manicures
• The Measured Mom

A farmer’s kiss causes an amusing chain of events on the farm.

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9 .) This Little Chick written by John Lawrence

Lists It Appears On:

• Life Over CS
• The Measured Mom

A little chick shows that he can make the sounds of the animals in his neighborhood.

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8 .) We’re Going to the Farmer’s Market written by Stefan Page

Lists It Appears On:

• Carle Museum
• Carolina Farm Stewards

In simple rhyming text, children visit the local farmers’ market to buy fresh fruits and vegetables and then return home to cook a feast.

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7 .) Going to Sleep on the Farm written by Wendy Cheyette Lewison

Lists It Appears On:

• Carolina Farm Stewards
• Goodreads
• The Measured Mom

A father describes for his son how each animal on the farm goes to sleep.

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6 .) Minerva Louise written by Janet Morgan Stoeke

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Mud Pies And Manicures
• The Measured Mom

A hen has fun exploring the house with the red curtains.

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5 .) Mrs. Wishy Washy’s Farm written by Joy Cowley

Lists It Appears On:

• Mud Pies And Manicures
• Pre-K Pages
• The Measured Mom

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

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4 .) The Little Red Hen written by Jerry Pinkney

Lists It Appears On:

• Mud Pies And Manicures
• Pre-K Pages
• The Measured Mom

A newly illustrated edition of the classic fable of the hen who is forced to do all the work of baking bread and of the animals who learn a bitter lesson from it.

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3 .) Big Red Barn written by Margaret Wise Brown and Felicia Bond

Lists It Appears On:

• Barnes & Noble
• Life Over CS
• Pre-K Pages
• The Measured Mom

The story of various farm animals and how their activities revolve around a big red barn.

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2 .) On The Farm written by David Elliott and Holly Meade

Lists It Appears On:

• Barnes & Noble
• Life Over CS
• Mud Pies And Manicures
• Pre-K Pages

Gives a view of the world of the family farm.

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1 .) Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type written by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin

Lists It Appears On:

• Barnes & Noble
• Goodreads
• Life Over CS
• Mud Pies And Manicures
• Pragmatic Mom
• The Measured Mom

When Farmer Brown’s cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.

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The 100+ Additional Best Kids Farming Books

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#	Books	Authors	Lists
34	A Day at the Market		Carle Museum
35	A Guest Is a Guest	John Himmelman	Goodreads
36	A Visit to the Farm		Mud Pies And Manicures
37	A Year Down Yonder		Pragmatic Mom
38	A Year on the Farm		Mud Pies And Manicures
39	About the Farm [With Stickers]	Brighter Vision	Goodreads
40	All Kinds of Kisses	Nancy Tafuri	Life Over CS
41	All Year on Maple Hill Farm		Mud Pies And Manicures
42	And the Good Brown Earth		Carle Museum
43	Animals on the Farm	Jan Pfloog	Goodreads
44	Around the Farm		Mud Pies And Manicures
45	Baa! Moo!: What Will We Do?	A.H. Benjamin	Goodreads
46	Babies on the Farm		Mud Pies And Manicures
47	Barn Dance	Pat Hutchins	Life Over CS
48	Barnyard Banter		Pre-K Pages
49	Barnyard Bath		Mud Pies And Manicures
50	Barnyard Dance		The Measured Mom
51	Big Egg		The Measured Mom
52	Big Fat Hen	Keith Baker	Life Over CS
53	Bread		The Measured Mom
54	Busy Tractors, Busy Days		The Measured Mom
55	Caddie Woodlawn		Pragmatic Mom
56	Chicks and Salsa	Aaron Reynolds	Life Over CS
57	Clarabelle: Making Milk and So Much More		It’s Fundamental
58	Cock-a-Doodle Dance!		The Measured Mom
59	Cock-a-Doodle-Doo, Creak, Pop-Pop-Moo	Jim Aylesworth	Life Over CS
60	Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Barnyard Hullabaloo	Giles Andreae	Goodreads
61	Color Farm	Lois Ehlert	Barnes & Noble
62	Dora’s Eggs	Julie Sykes	Goodreads
63	Down on the Funny Farm		The Measured Mom
64	Duck Soup	Jackie Urbanovic	Life Over CS
65	Eye Like Stickers: On the Farm		Mud Pies And Manicures
66	Fall Harvests: Bringing in the Food		It’s Fundamental
67	Farm	Elisha Cooper	Barnes & Noble
68	Farm Alphabet Book		Mud Pies And Manicures
69	Farm Boy		Pragmatic Mom
70	Farm Nursery Songs		Mud Pies And Manicures
71	Farm Peek-a-Boo		Mud Pies And Manicures
72	Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep: A Yarn about Wool		The Measured Mom
73	Farmer Duck		Pre-K Pages
74	Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table	Jacqueline Briggs Martin	Carolina Farm Stewards
75	Farming		It’s Fundamental
76	Farming Jobs		Mud Pies And Manicures
77	Farming: America at Work		It’s Fundamental
78	First Farm Words		Mud Pies And Manicures
79	Five Little Chicks	Nancy Tafuri	Life Over CS
80	Flip Flop Match		Mud Pies And Manicures
81	Food from Farms	Nancy Dickmann	Carolina Farm Stewards
82	From Seed to Plant	Gail Gibbons	Carolina Farm Stewards
83	From the Garden: A Counting Book About Growing Food	Michael Dahl and Todd Ouren	Carolina Farm Stewards
84	Fruit		Carle Museum
85	Garden to Table: A Kid’s Guide to Planting, Growing, and Preparing Food	Katherine Hengel	Carolina Farm Stewards
86	Have You Got My Purr?	Judy West	Goodreads
87	Hedgie’s Surprise	Jan Brett	Goodreads
88	Horse in the Pigpen		The Measured Mom
89	Hot Air	Majorie Priceman	Life Over CS
90	How Big is a Pig?	Clare Beaton	Life Over CS
91	Hungry Hen		The Measured Mom
92	I Went to A Farm	Judy Nayer	Goodreads
93	I Went Walking		The Measured Mom
94	It’s Milking Time		It’s Fundamental
95	Jobs on the Farm		Mud Pies And Manicures
96	John Deere, That’s Who!		It’s Fundamental
97	Kiss the Cow!		The Measured Mom
98	Maisy’s Morning in the Farm		Mud Pies And Manicures
99	Math on the Farm		Mud Pies And Manicures
100	Meet Pete		It’s Fundamental
101	Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Farm	Betty MacDonald	Goodreads
102	My Giant Tractor		The Measured Mom
103	Night, Night Farm		Mud Pies And Manicures
104	Noisy Farm		Mud Pies And Manicures
105	One Duck Stuck	Phyllis Root	Life Over CS
106	Open the Barn Door		Mud Pies And Manicures
107	Otis		The Measured Mom
108	Over on the Farm: A Counting Picture Book Rhyme	Christopher Gunson	Goodreads
109	Pig (See How They Grow)		The Measured Mom
110	Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore!	David McPhail	Goodreads
111	Punk Farm		Mud Pies And Manicures
112	Sheep Go to Sleep		The Measured Mom
113	Sheep in the Jeep		Mud Pies And Manicures
114	Small Pig		The Measured Mom
115	Spot Goes to the Farm		Mud Pies And Manicures
116	Strawberry Girl		Pragmatic Mom
117	The Barnyard Dance		Mud Pies And Manicures
118	The Big Red Barn		Mud Pies And Manicures
119	The Courage of Sarah Noble		Pragmatic Mom
120	The Cow That Went Oink		The Measured Mom
121	The Farm Alphabet Book, by Jane Miller		The Measured Mom
122	The Farm Book		Mud Pies And Manicures
123	The Farmer in the Dell,		The Measured Mom
124	The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe	Loree Griffin Burns	Carolina Farm Stewards
125	The Life and Times of Corn		It’s Fundamental
126	The Ox Cart Man		Pragmatic Mom
127	The Pig in the Pond		Pre-K Pages
128	The Sheep Follow	Monica Wellington	Goodreads
129	The Story of Ferdinand	Munro Leaf	Life Over CS
130	The Very Busy Spider		Mud Pies And Manicures
131	This Is My Tractor		The Measured Mom
132	To Market, To Market		Carle Museum
133	Touch and feel Farm		Mud Pies And Manicures
134	Tractor Mac: Harvet Time		Mud Pies And Manicures
135	Unsual Chickens, Exceptional Poultry Farmer		Mud Pies And Manicures
136	Vegetables		Carle Museum
137	Wake Up, Wake Up!	Brian Wildsmith	Goodreads
138	Watch Out!	Jan Fearnley	Life Over CS
139	When the Rooster Crowed	Patricia Lillie	Goodreads
140	Who took the farmer’s hat?		The Measured Mom
141	Who Wakes Rooster?	Clare Hodgson Meeker	Goodreads
142	Winter on the Farm	Laura Ingalls Wilder	Life Over CS

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10 Best Kids Books About Farming Sources/Lists

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Source	Article
Barnes & Noble	6 Sweet Picture Books About Farms!
Carle Museum	From Farm to Table: 10 Books about Food & Farms
Carolina Farm Stewards	Where Does My Food Come From? 11 Fun Farm & Food Books for Kids
Goodreads	Popular Children Animals Farm Books
It’s Fundamental	10 Children’s Books About Farming and Agriculture
Life Over CS	25 Farm Animal Books for Kids
Mud Pies And Manicures	Best Farm Books for Kids
Pragmatic Mom	Top 10: Old Fashioned Children’s Books Set On a Farm
Pre-K Pages	Farm Theme Picture Books for Preschool
The Measured Mom	Farm books for preschoolers