The Farmer by Mark Ludy
	List Price:   $18.95 Unit Price:   $15.16 You Save:   $3.79 (20%) ISBN-10:   0966427602 ISBN-13:   9780966427608 Publisher:   Green Pastures Publishing, Inc; IPG Category:   Agriculture Pub. Date:   August 1999 Pages:   64 Format:   Trade Cloth Ages:   4 to 11 Grades:   ps to 6
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
Although disasters cause a farmer to repeatedly lose his crops, he is rewarded after hopefully continuing to work hard, pray, and help his neighbors. He loves his animals and takes care of his crops, but when disaster strikes and all is lost he must sell one by one each of his beloved animals to recoup the loss. Interwoven throughout the story are his terrible neighbors who do him nothing but wrong, but in the end it is they who are in trouble and who's there to help?? But of course... the Farmer. The farmer is a gentle, hardworking man who is forced to sell some of his cherished animals to survive until the next planting. This is a story of hardship and loss, but it highlights growth, joy, friendship, and forgiveness. Ages 4 to 10 years. The farmer is a gentle, hardworking man who loves his animals and tends his fields with strong, caring hands. When a series of disasters destroys his crops, he is forced to sell some of his cherished animals to survive until the next planting. He passionately hopes he will be able to buy back his four-legged friends after the next harvest. The illustrations are richly detailed and filled with life and emotion. Children will delight in discovering the tiny details hidden in the illustrations and finding Squeakers the Mouse in each one. This is a story of hardship and loss, but it highlights growth, joy, friendship, and forgiveness.