Arthur Geisert
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Language
English
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On today's farm, B is for barn cat... E is for erosion... G is for grinding feed, and I is for... inoculate? In 26 beautifully detailed spreads, acclaimed illustrator Arthur Geisert takes readers on a literal journey following a real road in Iowa (County Road Y31) through the ins and outs of America's farmland. This isn't your grandfather's farm book. It still features pigs, hay, and other familiar farm residents, but you'll see a very different kind...
2) Mystery
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
During a visit to the art museum, a little piglet and her grandfather investigate the disappearance of several paintings. Clues in the illustrations give readers a chance to solve the mystery along with the heroine.
4) Thunderstorm
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
"Thunderstorm follows the course of a storm through midwestern farm country minute-by-minute, hour-by-hour, from late morning into late afternoon."--Amazon.com
5) The ark
Author
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
Retells the familiar Bible story, using etchings as illustrations, and vividly depicting life inside the ark.
6) Ice
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
This wordless tale depicts a community of pigs that suffer from the heat and go in search of ice despite the odds against them.
7) Lights out
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Told by his parents that his light must be out at eight o'clock, a young piglet who is afraid of the dark devises an ingenious solution to the problem.
8) Hogwash
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Illustrations without words depict the enormous and complicated contraption that Mama Pig uses to get her little piglets clean.
11) Pumpkin island
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
How does a small town in Iowa deal with an abundance of pumpkins, just as Halloween approaches?
12) Oops
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Depicts, in wordless illustrations, how a little spilled milk led to the destruction of the pig family's house.
13) The giant seed
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
See how a community of pigs makes ingenious use of a giant dandelion seed, just as an erupting volcano threatens their island.
14) Mountain town
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Describes a year in the present-day life of a mountain town that was founded when prospectors searching for gold arrived in the Rocky Mountains in the mid-nineteenth century.
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