Children’s Books About Farms
Does your child like farms and barnyard animals? Read these children’s books about farms to tie in to nursery songs or a trip to the farm.
If you’re a parent, there’s a good chance you’ve bleated, moo’d, and baa’d about a thousand times by now.
After all, farms and farm animals remain a big hit with kids. They’re in every nursery rhyme and preschool curriculum. Your kids probably have a toy, coloring book, or puzzle about farm animals. They even make their way into birthday party themes.
And of course, we find them throughout many children’s books about farms.
My kids and I like to visit a nearby family farm where my boys can see animals they don’t get to see often: pigs, horses, cows, chickens, and goats to name a few. You can also visit the fields to pick seasonal fruit and vegetables and celebrate events like egg hunts and pumpkin patches.
We also love going to our local farmer’s market every week where we get to buy and eat fresh produce.
And a wonderful way to tie a trip to the farm back home? Through books. We often borrow children’s books about farms after a trip to one. Reading books can be a fun way to review all the animals we had just seen.
Below are my top picks of children’s books about farms. Hopefully, you’ll find a few selections from this farm book list to read, whether you visit a farm or simply sing nursery songs about them:
Children’s books about farms
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Mrs. Wishy-Washy’s Farm by Joy Cowley
Farmblock by Christopher Franceschelli
My Farm Friends by Wendell Minor
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Click Clack Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson
The Cow Said Neigh! by Rory Feek
Super Rooster Saves the Day by Maureen Wright
The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
Stuck in the Mud by Jane Clarke
Saving Emma the Pig by John Chester
The Hundred-Year Barn by by Patricia MacLachlan
Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton
Barnyard Boogie by Tim McCanna
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Barnyard Hullabaloo by Giles Andreae
No Sleep for the Sheep! by Karen Beaumont
Night Night Farm by Roger Priddy
Sleep Tight Farm by Eugenie Doyle and Becca Stadtlander
Tractor Mac Arrives at the Farm by Billy Steers
Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle and Jill McElmurry
Old MacDonald Had a Truck by Steve Goetz
Fantastic Farm Machines by Cris Peterson
Harvesting Hope by Kathleen Krull
Food for the Future by Mia Wenjen
The Little Regenerative Farmer by Lauren Lovejoy
Milk: From Cow to Carton by Aliki
Food from Farms by Nancy Dickmann
The Life and Times of Corn by Charles Micucci
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