Winter Wheat

by Brenda Z. Guiberson

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805015825
• ISBN13: 9780805015829
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

you will learn about the process of growing winter wheat

This is a story book not a textbook but the reader will learn about raising a crop of winter wheat. The book starts off in August with an elderly male farmer preparing the fields so he can plant the crop of winter wheat. The story is detailed with one or two long paragrahs on each page. The text explains the entire process of sowing, harvesting, and selling the wheat crop, in very fine detail. We learn when the seed is planted, how it is done, about the proper weather conditions necessary during various stages, etc. The man does most of the work himself, with his pet dog alongside. The illustrations are paintings and are very lovely, especially since we go from summer to autumn with the beautiful changing foliage, to winter with snowdrifts and a herd of elk trampling the wheat underfoot. The different farm equipment is seen and described in the text. Other farm animals are seen throughout the book, chickens, a cow, and wild Canadian Geese as well. The author has included additional educational information on the last page, such as the interaction between natural wildlife and winter wheat crops. This is a good book to incorporate with young children who are learning about farming or those who love big machines and farming equipment. It goes beyond some of the other toddler books that simply show a duck illustration with the word "duck" under it! For younger children or toddlers who won't sit for the entire text, the parent can easily shorten the text themselves while reading it aloud. The illustrations are so detailed and finely painted, they are a delight for both parent and child.