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A groundbreaking meditation on our human-animal relationships and the moral code that binds it.
Adam's Task, Vicki Hearne's innovative masterpiece on animal training, brings our perennial discussion of the human-animal bond to a whole new metaphysical level. Based on studies of literary criticism, philosophy, and extensive hands-on experience in training, Hearne asserts, in boldly anthropomorphic terms, that animals (at least those that interact...
23) Farmer duck
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When a kind and hardworking duck nearly collapses from overwork, while taking care of a farm because the owner is too lazy to do so, the rest of the animals get together and chase the farmer out of town.
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Series
Wild robot volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Description
After being captured by the Recons and returned to civilization for reprogramming, Roz is sent to Hilltop Farm where she befriends her owner's family and animals, but pines for her son, Brightbill.
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Cool pastels and sleek, highly graphic lines give visual heft to this brief, tactile tour of the farm. The sheep on the cover sports fuzzy fleece, the barn is made of vertically oriented brown corrugated"wood," the pig features a patch of touch-it-again moleskin, the tractor is equipped with a marvelously rubbery-feeling tire, the hens walk across a corkboard-like yard and the cow's brown spot is a soft terrycloth.
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Series
Otis the tractor volume 5
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When the farmer places a scarecrow in the cornfield, Otis the tractor and the farm animals try to make friends, but the scarecrow remains silent with a sour look on his face throughout the summer and fall.
28) Storm is coming!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The animals misunderstand the farmer's "Storm" warning and expect someone scary and mean.
32) The perfect nest
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Jack the cat gets much more than he bargained for when he decides to build the perfect nest to attract the perfect chicken.
34) Pumpkin time!
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Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
From the day she plants seeds in her garden until she serves a pumpkin pie after harvest, Evy fails to notice any of the strange things the farm animals do as she works, from donkeys sailing through the sky to pigs dancing around a May Pole.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Beep! Beep! Beep! Meet Blue. A muddy country road is no match for this little pickup--that is, until he gets stuck while pushing a dump truck out of the muck. Luckily, Blue has made a pack of farm animal friends along his route. And they're willing to whatever it takes to get their pal back on the road. Filled with truck sounds and animals noises, here is a rollicking homage to the power of friendship and the rewards of helping others. This bestselling...
38) Barnyard banter
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
All the farm animals are where they should be, clucking and mucking, mewing and cooing, except for the missing goose.
40) Turkey trouble
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
As Thanksgiving Day approaches, Turkey nervously makes a series of costumes, disguising himself as other farm animals in hopes that he can avoid being served as Thanksgiving dinner.