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George the Farmer Book Collection
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The perfect picture book for your egg and chook-loving littlies. "When the Farmer family's delivery of chooks fails to produce an abundance of eggs, George questions whether he'll be able to produce another award-winning chocolate cake for the Penola Show bake-off. Are the chooks not laying or are the eggs disappearing?"
This is the seventh book in the George the Farmer series. At 32 pages in length with 14 full-page, colour illustrations, it's the perfect, fun way to teach kids about eggs and chickens.
32 pages | 14 illustrations | Released in November 2019
Printed in South Australia on paper from well-managed forests using environmentally friendly vegetable-based inks.
Profits from the sale of this book are used to create freely available curriculum-aligned educational resources for teachers to use in the classroom to educate children about farming where food comes from. Take a look at our educational farm resources.
Technology and animals — the perfect combination to inspire a love of reading! "George's new drone is doing a stellar job mustering the sheep towards the yards, that is until it suddenly disappears. Will George's detective skills help the family find the drone in time to attend the badminton presentation evening?"
This is the sixth book in the George the Farmer series. At 32 pages in length with 14 full-page, colour illustrations, it's the perfect, fun way to teach kids about eggs and chickens.
32 pages | 14 illustrations | Released in November 2019
Printed in South Australia on paper from well-managed forests using environmentally friendly vegetable-based inks.
Profits from the sale of this book are used to create freely available curriculum-aligned educational resources for teachers to use in the classroom to educate children about farming where food comes from. Take a look at our educational farm resources.
If the little one in your life loves a bit of action, this is the children's book for them. Trucks, harvesters and fire engines – it's all go in this exciting story. "When Ruby smells smoke while George and Jack are harvesting, hopes of a successful broad bean crop harvest are almost extinguished. Join the Farmer family in this pulsating tale of life on the land".
This picture book is the fifth book in the George the Farmer series. It is 32 pages in length with 16 full-page, colour illustrations. It's a great book to teach about the importance of pulses, not only as a high-protein food source but for the important role that the crops play in returning nitrogen back to the soil for soil regeneration.
32 pages | 14 illustrations | Released 2018
ISBN: 978-0-9941942-5-1
Printed in South Australia on paper from well-managed forests using environmentally friendly vegetable-based inks.
Profits from the sale of this book are used to create freely available curriculum-aligned educational resources for teachers to use in the classroom to educate children about farming where food comes from. Take a look at our educational farm resources.
Warning: You may start reciting our George the Farmer books in your sleep if you only choose to invest in one title. This is a common problem that is relayed to us on a regular basis. "Mum, Dad, Granny, can you please read me Shears a Sheep again?" Counteract this by grabbing the entire George the Farmer 8-pack series and receive 10% off plus free postage!
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Our picture story books have been printed in South Australia on paper from well-managed forests using environmentally friendly vegetable-based inks.
A portion of profits from the sale of this book are used to create freely available curriculum-aligned educational resources for teachers to use in the classroom to educate children about farming where food comes from. Take a look at our educational farm resources.
The perfect picture book for your animal-loving littlies featuring the entire Farmer family plus Will the Woolclasser and Susan and Kev — the gun Shearers from New Zealand! "Shearing is in full swing at the farm, but will George get home from cricket in time to help Ruby and Lucy get the sheep under cover before the rain sets in?"
This is the second book in the George the Farmer series. At 32 pages in length with 14 full-page, colour illustrations, it's the perfect, fun way to teach kids about the benefits and uses of wool, while also showing how shearer's carefully shear a sheep. If you love this book, make sure you check out our hit song, 'Mate, where's my next sheep?' on iTunes, Google Play Music or Spotify.
32 pages | 14 illustrations | Released in 2015
ISBN: 978-0-9941942-1-3
Printed in South Australia on paper from well-managed forests using environmentally friendly vegetable-based inks.
Profits from the sale of this book are used to create freely available curriculum-aligned educational resources for teachers to use in the classroom to educate children about farming where food comes from. Take a look at our educational farm resources.
Are you looking to be the best present giver ever? Grab your very own George Farmer AND Ruby Farmer cuddle doll with the entire 8-pack book collection and save 10%, plus receive FREE registered post! You little beauty! There are hours of fun for your little ones with these beautifully illustrated books — and by taking all eight, you'll be guaranteed* not to get sick of reading any one book! Click on the links below to discover what each book is about:
*Can't really guarantee as some kids do choose to have their parents read our books to them every night. Night on night. Day on day. They do become a *bit* of a hit.
This pack is the perfect option for teacher's to use alongside our free educational resources to teach kids about farming and where their food comes from.
Printed in South Australia on paper from well-managed forests using environmentally friendly vegetable-based inks.
A portion of profits from the sale of these books are used to create freely available curriculum-aligned educational resources for teachers to use in the classroom to educate children about farming where food comes from. Take a look at our educational farm resources.
What kid doesn't love the delicious taste of sweet, sweet honey? This picture book is perfect to teach about the importance of bees, where honey comes from and also about being entrepreneurial. "When the bees pollinating George and Ruby's lucerne crop swarm from the hive, Jack and Lucy's plans for new bikes are left up in the air. Join the Farmer family in this un-bee-lievable tale of hard work and sweet success."
This picture book is the fourth book in the George the Farmer series. It is 32 pages in length with 16 full-page, colour illustrations.
32 pages | 16 illustrations | Released 2017
ISBN: 978-0-9941942-4-4
Printed in South Australia on paper from well-managed forests using environmentally friendly vegetable-based inks.
Profits from the sale of this book are used to create freely available curriculum-aligned educational resources for teachers to use in the classroom to educate children about farming where food comes from. Take a look at our educational farm resources.
This is the perfect picture book for your farm and machinery loving little one. "Jessie's barking isn't enough to snap George out of his football daydream, which nearly ends in catastrophe while planting the wheat crop. Luckily for George, Ruby is there to lend a helping hand".
This first book in the George the Farmer range is 32 pages in length and has 14 full-page, colour illustrations. It's the perfect edition to teach how wheat gets from the paddock to the plate in foods such as pasta and pizza while being a really fun read. We received many requests from parents to write more stories after releasing this first book as they were so sick of their kids requesting another reading of it!
If you love this book, make sure you check out our hit song, 'Harvest Hop' on iTunes, Google Play Music or Spotify.
32 pages | 14 illustrations
Printed in South Australia on paper from well-managed forests using environmentally friendly vegetable-based inks.
Profits from the sale of this book are used to create freely available curriculum-aligned educational resources for teachers to use in the classroom to educate children about farming where food comes from. Take a look at our educational farm resources.
Animals and robotics in one book? You can bet your bottom dollar this one is a favourite! "Alex the dairy farmer needs help. His dairy cow, Polly, has a pooey problem! Join George and Ruby in this udderly fantastic tale, as they get to the bottom of the dairy dilemma using Ruby's beaut agronomy skills!"
At 32 pages in length with 16 full-page, colour illustrations, it's the perfect, fun way to teach kids about milk production. In Australia, 45% of year six kids didn't identify lunch box items such as cheese as originating from a farm and almost 1/3 thought yoghurt came from a plant! Make sure your little ones change this statistic!
32 pages | 14 illustrations | Released 2016
ISBN: 978-0-9941942-3-7
Printed in South Australia on paper from well-managed forests using environmentally friendly vegetable-based inks.
Profits from the sale of this book are used to create freely available curriculum-aligned educational resources for teachers to use in the classroom to educate children about farming where food comes from. Take a look at our educational farm resources.
For those little hands that aren't so gentle, Numbers on the Farm is the perfect first book with its sturdy and glossy cardboard pages that are super easy to wipe over. Learn to count with George the Farmer - from tractor tyres to shearing shearers and bacon from pigs, there's plenty to count on the farm.
This is a favourite newborn baby gift by many of our repeat, loyal customers. We're sure your little one will love it, too.
22 pages | 20 illustrations
Profits from the sale of this book are used to create freely available curriculum-aligned educational resources for teachers to use in the classroom to educate children about farming where food comes from. Take a look at our educational farm resources.
ISBN: 978-0-9941942-2-0