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It's Corn Picking Time!

AUTHOR Crowton, Melissa; Esbaum, Jill
PUBLISHER Neal Porter Books (07/29/2025)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

Description
Hop in the tractor and ride along with a corn farmer in this rhyming read-aloud full of things that clack, whoosh, and roll!

It's corn-picking time, and the farmer has all her tools ready! The cornhead gobbles the stalks. The spreader spits out chaff. The grain wagon fills with corn!

This is the farmer, whose happy heart leaps
at the sight of those first golden, glorious heaps!

Corn-picking time is a favorite season on author Jill Esbaum's family farm, and the joy is sure to be shared by young lovers of tractors, trucks, and all manner of machines. Rhyming text pairs with Melissa Crowton's colorful illustrations for a high-energy read kids will ask for again and again. Check out the copious information found at the end of the book to discover more about life on a farm.

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!

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Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780823455614
ISBN-10: 0823455610
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 40
Carton Quantity: 36
Product Dimensions: 8.30 x 0.50 x 10.10 inches
Weight: 0.80 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Price on Product, Ikids, Illustrated
Country of Origin: CN
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology - Agriculture
Juvenile Nonfiction | Lifestyles - Farm & Ranch Life
Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology - How Things Work/Are Made
Grade Level: Preschool - 3rd Grade
Dewey Decimal: 633.15
Library of Congress Control Number: 2024018125
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Hop in the tractor and ride along with a corn farmer in this rhyming read-aloud full of things that clack, whoosh, and roll!

It's corn-picking time, and the farmer has all her tools ready! The cornhead gobbles the stalks. The spreader spits out chaff. The grain wagon fills with corn!

This is the farmer, whose happy heart leaps
at the sight of those first golden, glorious heaps!

Corn-picking time is a favorite season on author Jill Esbaum's family farm, and the joy is sure to be shared by young lovers of tractors, trucks, and all manner of machines. Rhyming text pairs with Melissa Crowton's colorful illustrations for a high-energy read kids will ask for again and again. Check out the copious information found at the end of the book to discover more about life on a farm.

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!

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Author: Esbaum, Jill
JILL ESBAUM is the author of several picture books, including Ste-e-e-e-eamboat a-Comin'!, illustrated by Adam Rex. She lives on a farm in Dixon, Iowa. www.jillesbaum.com
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