It's Corn Picking Time! - Hardcover
It's Corn Picking Time! - Hardcover
by Jill Esbaum (Author), Melissa Crowton (Illustrator)
Hop in the tractor and ride along with a corn farmer in this rhyming read-aloud full of things that clack, whoosh, and roll!
It's corn-picking time, and the farmer has all her tools ready! The cornhead gobbles the stalks. The spreader spits out chaff. The grain wagon fills with corn! This is the farmer, whose happy heart leapsat the sight of those first golden, glorious heaps! Corn-picking time is a favorite season on author Jill Esbaum's family farm, and the joy is sure to be shared by young lovers of tractors, trucks, and all manner of machines. Rhyming text pairs with Melissa Crowton's colorful illustrations for a high-energy read kids will ask for again and again. Check out the copious information found at the end of the book to discover more about life on a farm. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!
Author Biography
Jill Esbaum is the author of numerous picture books, including If a T. Rex Crashes Your Birthday Party, Teeny Tiny Toady, Elwood Bigfoot: Wanted: Birdie Friends, Where'd My Jo Go?, and the Thunder and Cluck series. Her books have been nominated for many state awards, named to the IRA's Notable Children's Book list and International Youth Library's White Ravens List, and featured as a New York Times Editor's Choice (I Hatched!). Jill lives with her husband on their farm in Iowa, which has been in the family for over one hundred years.
Melissa Crowton has illustrated various books for toddlers and young children, including the picture books Mousie, I Will Read to You by Rachael Cole and Your First Day of Circus School by Tara Lazar. Her work has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators, Creative Quarterly, and American Illustration. She is also a winner of the portfolio showcase at SCBWI's Winter NYC conference. Both of Melissa's grandfathers were farmers. She lives in Utah.Details
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