Alibris: Farm life

AUDIOBOOKS | NEW BOOKS OF NOTE | BARGAIN BOOKS | Find a seller

» advanced search

Sale books bring joy to the world: Save 25% or more

Get your gifts by December 24: Learn how

browse BOOKS

Page 1 of 20

sort by

1	The moonflower vine more books like this by Jetta Carleton add to wishlist A timeless American classic rediscovered--an unforgettable saga of a heartland family On a farm in western Missouri during the first half of the twentieth century, Matthew and Callie Soames create a life for themselves and raise four headstrong daughters. Jessica will break their hearts. Leonie will fall in love with the wrong man. Mary Jo will ... see all copies from $6.90! new only from $8.27! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	James Herriot's Treasury for Children more books like this by James Herriot, Peter Barrett (Illustrator), Ruth Brown (Illustrator) add to wishlist A collection of the author's stories for children, including "Moses the Kitten," "The Market Square Dog," and "Smudge, the Little Lost Lamb.". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Big Red Barn Board Book more books like this by Margaret Wise Brown, Felicia Bond (Illustrator) add to wishlist In the barnyard there are roosters, cows, horses, goats, and a pink piglet learning to squeal. Margaret Wise Brown's lulling story about a day at the barnyard is now available as a sturdy board book. Felicia Bond's atmospheric illustrations add to the tranquil simplicity of this story. Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.92! \| SVS
4	My Ántonia more books like this by Willa Cather add to wishlist This novel about the friendship between two Nebraska children, Jim Burden and Antonia Shimerda is considered Cather's masterpiece. The fortunes of the two families are opposed: the Burdens thrive while the Shimerdas decline, a downfall that culminates in the suicide of Antonia's father, which forces the girl to work in the fields and then as a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Katy and the Big Snow more books like this by Virginia Lee Burton add to wishlist Katy, the brave and untiring tractor who pushes a bulldozer in the summer and a snowplow in the winter, saves the day when she plows out the city of Geoppolis after a big blizzard. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Across Five Aprils more books like this by Irene Hunt add to wishlist The unforgettable story of young Jethro Creighton, who comes of age during the turbulent years of the Civil War, by the Newbery Award-winning author of "Up a Road Slowly." "An impressive book both as a historically authentic Civil War novel and as a beautifully written family story."--University of Chicago Center for Children's Books. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Alice's Tulips more books like this by Sandra Dallas add to wishlist This epistolary novel consists of the letters a newlywed named Alice writes to her sister Lizzie. Alice's husband is off fighting for the Union; Alice is living with her mother-in-law, learning to quilt, and coping with her first pregnancy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me more books like this by Jon Katz add to wishlist Jon Katz spent a rough winter in a ramshackle upstate New York farmhouse with his new border collie, Orson. The point was to train Orson to herd sheep: Katz had 16 of them, including an old ram named Nesbitt. He also had two donkeys, one still a baby. In this somewhat crazy but definitely appealing (except for the weather) milieu, the dogs learned ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.58! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Like Gold Refined more books like this by Janette Oke add to wishlist If Virginia could have chosen to accept or discard all the changes that came her way, she gladly would have let most of them pass right by herself and her family. She loved her life--living on the farm with her beloved Jonathan and their children, not far from her parents and her grandparents. But a change that is tearing at her heart is the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.80! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Tending Roses more books like this by Lisa Wingate add to wishlist A young woman living on a remote Missouri farm and struggling to care for her husband, baby, and ailing grandmother, Katie Benson seeks inspiration in dealing with the vicissitudes of life in the pages of her grandmother's journal. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Christmas Day in the Morning more books like this by Pearl S Buck, Mark Buehner (Illustrator) add to wishlist Originally published in 1955, Buck's book is a heartwarming story about sacrifice and the spirit of giving. Now with critically acclaimed artist Buehner's inspired illustrations, "Christmas Day in the Morning" will become a timeless holiday classic to be treasured by the entire family for generations to come. Full color. see all copies from $6.44! new only from $8.88! \| SVS
12 view cover	Nectar in a Sieve more books like this by Kamala Markandaya add to wishlist This American Library Association Notable Book of 1955 tells the story of a peasant woman in India, married as a child bride to a tenant farmer, working with her husband to wrest a living from land ravaged by droughts, monsoons, and insects. Through years of poverty and disaster, she sees one of her infants die, her daughter become a prostitute, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.54! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Mudbound more books like this by Hillary Jordan add to wishlist This prize-winning novel is storytelling at the height of its powers: the ache of wrongs not yet made right, the fierce attendance of history made real (Barbara Kingsolver), as men and women from two families become players in a tragedy on the grandest scale. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Pumpkin Moonshine more books like this by Tasha Tudor add to wishlist "A reissue of Miss Tudor's Halloween classic, first published in 1938, this is the tale of a little girl who looked for the biggest pumpkin on the farm to make a pumpkin moonshine. Little children will love the delicately colored illustrations".--Publishers Weekly. Full-color illustrations. see all copies from $6.29! new only from $8.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology more books like this by Eric Brende add to wishlist An MIT graduate working through an Institute program to study the effects of technology on society describes his year-long residence in a Mennonite-type community and recounts how his wife and he experienced reduced stress levels, weight loss, and overall life satisfaction throughout the course of their stay. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 25,0 see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Yearling more books like this by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings add to wishlist Jody Baxter longs for a friend with whom he can share his thoughts and feelings. He makes friends with a young orphaned deer called Flag, but as Flag grows older, problems arise and decisions have to be made. Set in the Florida scrublands, The Yearling is a powerful tale famous for its descriptions of the natural world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	COOP: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting more books like this by Michael Perry add to wishlist In over his head with two pigs, a dozen chickens, and baby due any minute, the acclaimed author of "Truck: A Love Story" gives readers a humorous, heartfelt memoir of a new life in the country. see all copies from $13.00! new only from $13.00! \| SVS
18 view cover	Strawberry Girl more books like this by Lois Lenski (Illustrator) add to wishlist Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer is excited--at last they have a new farm in the backwoods of Florida. Birdie dreams of the day that she can help start picking their crop of ripe and juicy strawberries. Making the farm prosper is not easy though: there are drought, heat, and cold snaps to suffer through. To make things worse, their new neighbors, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.24! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Farmer Boy more books like this by Laura Ingalls Wilder add to wishlist This is the third book in the highly acclaimed and beloved series of books chronicling the life of Laura Ingalls, who lived at the end of the 19th century. This volume describes the childhood of Almanzo Wilder, Laura's future husband. It tells about daily life with his older brother and two sisters on his father's prosperous farm, his passionate ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	All the Places to Love more books like this by Patricia MacLachlan add to wishlist A boy who lives on a farm with his parents and grandparents relates, in poetic language, the favorite places of each family member. Grandfather prefers the barn, grandmother the mountains, and so on. When a new baby sister is born, the boy anticipates sharing all the spots with her. Color paintings illustrate the text. see all copies from $2.64! new only from $10.76! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	An Untamed Land more books like this by L Snelling add to wishlist She had promised herself that once they left the fjords of Norway, she would never look back. The promise of free land lures Roald and Ingeborg Bjorklund from their beloved home high above the fjords of Norway, and after three long years of scrimping and saving to buy tickets for their passage to America, they finally arrive at the docks of New ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.73! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	We Were the Mulvaneys more books like this by Joyce Carol Oates add to wishlist In upstate New York, the Mulvaneys are a wealthy and magnetic family--attractive, charismatic, promising. But after 25 years, the family begins to slide, then fragment, then shatter, and soon there is nothing left of the dynasty. Judd, the youngest of the clan, begins to search for the reasons behind the downfall, and as he uncovers family secrets ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Off Season more books like this by Professor Catherine Gilbert Murdock add to wishlist This hilarious, heartbreaking, and triumphant sequel to the critically acclaimed "Dairy Queen" takes D.J. and all the Schwenks from Labor Day to a Thanksgiving football game that readers will never forget. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Drowning Ruth more books like this by Christina Schwarz add to wishlist The year is 1919, and--for reasons that eventually become clear--Amanda Starkey leaves the big city to go home and live with her sister Mattie, whose husband has been wounded in World War I and has not yet returned. Mattie drowns in the pond just before Carl, her husband, returns, leaving their little girl, Ruth, whose upbringing is eventually ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Day No Pigs Would Die more books like this by Robert Newton Peck add to wishlist This autobiographical novel which evokes scenes of by-gone times is about the author, just turning 13, living on a farm in Vermont. The young protagonist struggles with the loss of both his father and his favorite pig, forcing him to become a man before his time in this gentle, moving, and poignant book. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

Page 1 of 20: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next>

Browse authors

Browse subjects

Our Money-Back Guarantee

We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.

	A Quiet Strength by Janette Oke see all from $1.99! new only from $2.49!
	On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder see all from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
	New Day Rising by L Snelling see all from $1.99! new only from $5.79!
	O Pioneers by Willa Cather see all from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
	Cross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings see all from $1.99! new only from $7.24!
	Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton (Illustrator) see all from $1.99! new only from $1.99!