Helen Plum Library

Otis the tractor is grateful for many things, including his home, his friends, and love

A farmer sneezes a fly off his nose and causes havoc in the barnyard

Rhymed text and illustrations introduce the many different animals that live in the big red barn

When the animals and equipment at the farm need more space, Tractor Mac comes to the rescue by helping to build a barn

Fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs, just like the heroines in her beloved novels, yearns for real life and true love. But what hope is there for adventure, beauty, or art on a hardscrabble farm in Pennsylvania where the work never ends? Over the summer of 1911, Joan pours her heart out into her diary as she seeks a new, better life for herself--because maybe, just maybe, a hired girl cleaning and cooking for six dollars a week can become what a farm girl...

A growing crowd searches all around the family farm for the missing Louella Mae

After being captured by the Recons and returned to civilization for reprogramming, Roz is sent to Hilltop Farm where she befriends her owner's family and animals, but pines for her son, Brightbill

It is December, and there are many things for the family to do around the farm to get it ready for winter

"The pigs, Pete and Paul, learn the importance of patience when they try (unsuccessfully) to speed along the growth of Farmer Bill's prized pumpkins"--

Gyp, a cheerful but always silent sheep dog, startles everyone with uncharacteristic behavior during the championship sheep dog trials