Frank Carlson Library

Tractors, wagons, combines, and trailers-what are these things? They're all machines on a farm! How do they work? What are they for? Kids can get to know the many machines that make farms go.

"In Combines, early fluent readers will learn how combines work to harvest crops, including different parts of the machine, how they've changed agriculture, and new technology being implemented. Beautiful, crisp, full-color photographs complement the text. Combines features infographics, sidebars, reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index. Children can learn more about combines using our safe search engine...

Everyone knows what a hay bale looks like, but how does it get into that shape? While baling equipment might not make it into farm stories among the classic tractors, animals, and tools, its usefulness on the modern farm is indisputable. Concise text guides readers through the uses of baling equipment, how it forms round and square bales, and what happens with the hay afterward. Full-color photographs and lively language keeps them engaged and interested...

Photographs with captions identify modern farm machinery.

Discusses modern farming methods, from plowing and disking to the harvest, and the machines used to accomplish these jobs.

A kindergarten-level introduction to seeders, covering their purpose, parts, role in farming, and such defining features as their hoppers.

"Learn about the role of harvesters in this title published jointly with New Holland Agriculture. Explore how harvesters work and what is in store for the future of this piece of farming equipment."--

"For kids who love big, noisy machines -- trucks, vehicles, things with big, chunky tires that go -- and can't learn enough about them! Full of photographs and close-ups of tractors and farm machinery, this book uses fun, engaging rhymes to explain what these machines do and introduce them to the complex and fascinating work of farming, from plows, to combines, hay balers, drones, and more. Kids will learn about these incredible machines and how they...

"Combines introduces children to the world of modern farm equipment- showing how the most complex machines on the farm work to harvest crops. This book is filled with colorful action photographs, fun illustrations and a cast of cartoon equipment characters. Narrated by Casey the farmer and Tillus the worm, Combines teaches readers how Cody and Kellie- the combines of Happy Skies Farm- harvest crops by gathering, separating, and unloading grain and...