Ag in the Classroom--Time to Pick a Book!

It is that time of year when iam supposed to have an idea of what great book or books we want to use for our Ag Lit Project this coming spring.  I have lists from AFBF that show books that are approved by the Farm Bureau as Accurate Agriculture Books, because, let's face it, we don't want to teach them things that aren't truce or accurate like many of the books floating around the world are when it comes to portraying agriculture.

Our goal is to help kids, whether rural, urban, or suburban, to learn about the important role that agriculture plays to all of us on a daily basis.  A new book out, PIGS& PORK:IN THE STORY OF AGRICULTURE, is one that we are looking at, along with it's counterpart for younger grades, Pigs an A-Z Book.  I think this could be a great time to share these books because of the scare last year with the "SWINE" flu (I say that  name with disgust) and maybe, as we get into the schools and better teach the kids, they can in turn take it home to their parents and families.  Last year our books covered a dairy cow and the process of milk from start to finish, along with a  book about farm equipment.  Those books were aged for 1st-3rd grade, while these are 3rd-6th, and Pre-K-1st. 

One of the big books this year that was being pushed quite heavily by the Ag Foundation, was by the same authors about Soybeans, which is great, but we want to cover as much as we can that is relative to Nevada Agriculture before we start into areas that aren't really in production here in our state.  

IF you have the time to click on the links and check out the books, I always love feedback, also, where or not you would be interested in both books, or which grade level you would rather have being taught in your counties grade schools!