A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! 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. About the author. Jill Esbaum lives with her husband on their farm in Iowa, which has been in the family for over one hundred years. 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!).
