This month’s Book
It’s Corn Picking Time!
Written by: Jill Esbaum
Illustrated By: Melissa Crowton
Hope 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!
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (chapter Book)
Written by: William KamKwamba and Bryan Mealer
Through William Kamkwamba’s narrative of invention and self-discovery, readers follow humanity’s journey to reimagine what we think we know about the world moving beyond superstition as a means of explanation and toward science as an explanation. When famine strikes Malawi after seasonal and man-made environmental changes make farming next to impossible, William’s family’s sole source of income runs dry, and he is forced to stop attending school. Within the walls of a library, William discovers books on applied mechanics, physics, and electricity that spark his imagination and make him curious about finding a possible solution to his community’s problems. After study, persistence, and some improvisation, William manages to build a windmill from scrap metal he finds at the junkyard, together with other found objects. The windmill generates electricity, which provides light and water (via a well) for his community, drastically improving their economic and health conditions. His windmill attracts attention first from local reporters, then from an international audience (including TED). He is a living example of the idea that when we believe, we can, and will, achieve.
North Carolina Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom is an educational program that is dedicated to fostering an understanding of the importance of agriculture in North Carolina. The program strives to achieve this mission in recommending books for use as additional resources to PreK – 12th grade educators. Each month we offer a book for anyone looking for a valid ag-related resource to utilize in the classroom. Each book will have accompanying activities of high-quality that can be integrated into lesson plans at various grade levels. The total purchase of one book is $5.00 and can be purchased until copies are sold out.
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