1000 Books Before Kindergarten
October 2025
Learning can happen anywhere!  
Take a walk outside and count how many animals you see or hear.
Discover more about animals with these farmyard tales.
Farm
by Leeza Hernandez

Introduce babies to life on the farm, from big animals to bees and tractors, with striking, high-contrast images and inviting holes to peek through.
Farm Sounds
by Sam Taplin

Press the pages and hear hens clucking, cows mooing and much more. Pore over colorful scenes include a sheepdog rounding up sheep, a piglet playing in the mud and ducks splashing in the pond. With simple text, holes to peek through and finger trails to explore.
Animales de Granja = Farm Animals.
by Inc. Disney Enterprises

Join Disney's Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and friends as they meet all the animals on the farm in this board book with words in English and Spanish.
Don't Push the Button! On the Farm
by Bill Cotter

Everyone knows farms are full of cool animals, but you have to stay on this side of the...hey, wait! The sign says don't open the gate! Now you've done it. Whatever you do, do NOT push the button and make animal noises!
Blue Chicken
by Deborah Freedman

The innocent chicken just wants to help, but things get worse and worse - and bluer and bluer - the more she tries.
Sheep in a Jeep
by Nancy Shaw

A flock of hapless sheep drive through the country in this rhyming picture book.
Not Now, Cow
by Tammi Sauer

Rooster and his farm friends are ready for springtime play. But not Cow, who can't seem to dress for the weather. Readers will love shouting out the catchy refrain "Not NOW, Cow" while learning all about the seasons.
Tractor
by Sally Sutton

From the plow that cuts the earth and the harrow that churns the soil to the seed drill that plants the seeds, the sprayer that waters them, the combine harvester that reaps the corn, and the dump cart that brings the tasty load to the truck, there's plenty of noisy excitement that happens on a farm. And don't forget the hard-working tractor, which rests when the farm workers take a break and sample the crop!
Go Sleep in Your Own Bed!
by Candace Fleming

When Pig plops into his sty at bedtime, he finds Cow fast asleep in his spot. "Go sleep in your own bed" he squeals and sends her packing. But when Cow finally snuggles down into her stall, she finds Hen sleeping there. So begins a chain reaction of snoozing barnyard animals being awakened and sent off to their own beds, until every last one is in just the right place.
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