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Author
Publisher
D. R. Godine
Pub. Date
1978
Physical Desc
ix, 124 p. ill. 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book is a collection of essays by a man who describes himself by observing "I once was a New Yorker. Now, I'm a peasant." Perrin moved to Vermont some 14 years before writing these essays and had a lot of time in the meantime to learn the ways of the country. He shares with us some practical advice, like how to rescue burned maple syrup, or how to build fences using trees from your own land. In one story featured in this collection, he tries...
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Murry Summerfield, relentlessly decent son of the farmstead, meets Jacob Durris, charming but troubled new neighbor. When he discovers why Jacob has moved out to the countryside, Murry has his hands full keeping his friend happy and dealing with his own blossoming feelings.
3) Apple crush
Author
Series
Peapod farm series volume 2
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jen is just getting used to her life on Peapod Farm with her new stepsisters, Andy and Reese, but when the school year starts, there are even more changes in store for her."--
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (5 hours, 50 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's the spring of 1939. Big changes are happening at Skeldale House and everyone has to learn how to adjust. Tristan is now a qualified vet while James enters a new stage of his life with Helen and at the practice.
6) Essex County
Author
Series
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
510 p. : chiefly ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the award-winning trilogy of graphic novels set in an imaginary version of the author's hometown, and reveals the problems and issues the families within the community face.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
In September 1883, the South Australian town of Fairly huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-year-old Denny Wallace has gone missing during a dust storm. and the whole town is intent on finding him. As they search the desert and mountains for the lost child, the residents of Fairly - newly weds, landowners, farmers, mothers, artists, Indigenous trackers, cameleers, children, schoolteachers, widows, maids, policemen - explore their own relationships...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
287 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ron shares his stories of growing up in rural Maine, working as a wildlife biologist, and meeting Mainers like retired dairy farmers Ruth and Martin French of Dover-Foxcroft, who repurposed their barn's empty cow stalls into a wildlife rehabilitation center. The couple specialized in rescuing orphaned bear cubs, providing solitary cubs with teddy bears as temporary surrogate litter mates while biologists scrambled to find sow bears willing to adopt...
Author
Language
English
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Description
The unexpected appearance of a dolphin in her backyard creek helps a sixth-grader with cystic fibrosis learn to write her own story.
Penny Rooney has cystic fibrosis, which means she has to do breathing treatments to help her lungs work. Some days, it seems like her CF is the only thing Penny knows about herself for sure. From her point of view, everyone around her can make sense of their place in the world. So why can't Penny even begin to write...
Publisher
Theodora Films Limited & Moonage Pictures Limited
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"1920s, Oxfordshire. On the brink of adulthood, Linda Radlett (Lily James) and her beloved cousin Fanny Logan (Emily Beecham) are stuck in the countryside, impatiently waiting for life to begin so they can escape the confines of Alconleigh. Linda, who has lived her life under the terrifying regime of Uncle Matthew (Dominic West), dreams of excitement and adventure. But Fanny, abandoned by her mother The Bolter (Emily Mortimer) and raised by her Aunt...
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