I Want to Be a Farmer: A My Community I Can Read

By Laura Driscoll

Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

A Level 1 I Can Read for kids who love farms, food, and the environment as well as any child interested in the many careers in agriculture.

Visit the State Fair with Dad and his daughter, and get to know all the different kinds of farmers along the way in this Level 1 I Can Read My Community book ideal for early readers learning to sound out words and sentences.
Find out more about the community helpers who do so much for us in this tenth book in the I Can Read My Community series full of characters who are diverse in terms of gender, race, age, and body type. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the short sentences, familiar words, and simple concepts of Level One I Can Reads support success for children eager to start reading on their own.
Meet these farmers:
- Grain farmer
- Vegetable farmer
- Fruit farmer
- Rancher
- Dairy farmer
- Chicken farmer
- Sheep farmer
- Llama farmer
- Beekeeper
- Fish farmer
- Tree farmer
- Flower farmer
- Herb farmer

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0063276534
• ISBN13: 9780063276536
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 32 Pages
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3