12 of Our Favorite Picture Books About Farms for Kids

Young animal lovers will enjoy these picture books about farms. This collection of fiction and nonfiction books are perfect for preschoolers.

Add these picture books to your upcoming farm activities for preschoolers. Combine them with some printables, hands-on activities, and a craft or two.

You’ve got everything you need to study farm life with your preschoolers.

We live in a rural part of town, and we’re surrounded by farmland. If we head out of our neighborhood one way, we’ll pass a pasture full of cows and a sheep/goat farm.

If we turn the opposite direction, we’ll pass the horses, and if we go straight we’ll pass the cornfield.

This time of year is a busy one for people in our area, and it’s a great time to talk about what farmers provide for us.

Whether it’s grain for our bread or milk to drink at dinner, bacon for breakfast or wool for a warm winter sweater, there is much to learn about farms and farmers.

The books featured in today’s post talk about farms and farmers. They focus on what farms provide and life on the farm.

Picture Books About Farms

Below, I’ve featured just a handful of children’s books about farms.

You should be able to find them at your local library or bookstore. If you can’t find them locally, you can click each image cover to purchase them on Amazon.

Living on Farms

Journey through the history of family farms, how they operate, what’s grown, and what’s raised.

Out and About at the Dairy Farm

Discusses the activities of a dairy farm, describing the machines and the process used to get the milk to our table.

Farming

The activities and special qualities of farm life throughout the year.

The Milk Makers

Cows eat special feed to make good milk. But after the cow is milked, there are still many steps the milk must go through before it reaches you. This book describes them all. And you’ll be surprised to find how many other things you eat and drink come from milk, too.

Milk: From Cow to Carton

Aliki takes readers on a guided tour that begins with grazing cows, proceeds through milking and a trip to the dairy, and ends with some different foods made from milk.

Jobs on a Farm

This book uses colorful photos and simple, leveled text to introduce children to the jobs done on farms around the world.

Farm Machines

This book uses colorful photos and simple, leveled text to introduce children to the machines found on farms around the world.

Plants on a Farm

This book uses colorful photos and simple, leveled text to introduce children to the plants found on farms around the world.

The Farm Book

This delightful illustrated book, with vibrant color pictures, details the daily routines of Betty and Bobby, and their farm animal friends the sheep, the pigs, the ponies, the chickens, the cows, and the geese.

Food from Farms

This book uses colorful photos and simple, leveled text to introduce children to the food produced from farms around the world.

Which of these books about farms will you read first?

Our Favorite Farm Resources

Toddlers and preschoolers will love moving the animals around the farm in this farm playset travel toy.

This Fun on the Farm John Deere playset includes tractors, trailers, farm animals, farmer, and more!

Add some Old MacDonald Had a Farm finger puppets to your pretend play area, and your kids will act out their favorite farm stories over and over again.

Use this life cycle of a cow worksheet to teach your little ones how these adorable creatures change and grow from calf to adult. It’s the perfect addition to your life cycle activities for kids.

Choose one of more of these engaging Farm Board Books to read to your toddlers and preschoolers throughout your farm-themed unit.

Tara

Tara is the brains behind Homeschool Preschool, where her journey from preschool and public school teacher to homeschooling mom of three fuels her passion for early childhood education. With a blend of expertise and firsthand experience, Tara’s writings offer practical tips and engaging resources to support families in creating meaningful learning adventures at home.