Kidsteaders Library
If You Want to Keep Some Chickens
“If you want to keep some chickens, you will need to build a coop for them to live in. If you build a coop for them to live in, they will also like a run to scratch in…”
“If You Want to Keep Some Chickens” is a fun spin on “if-then” storytelling. The simple text and engaging illustrations walk your child through basic backyard chicken-keeping, problem solving and entrepreneurialism with lightweight whimsy. Sure to be a favorite and great for early readers!
Pie Takes Time
Some children like cake for their birthday, but Davey likes pie. He likes all kinds of pie—apple, blueberry, cherry, peach, and pumpkin. One winter, when Davey was four years old, he told his parents that he wanted a pumpkin pie for his next birthday. But not just any pumpkin pie—Davey wanted to grow his own pumpkins for his pie.
Pie Takes Time tells the story of Davey, a young boy who learns about patience and diligent work by growing his own pumpkins for his birthday pie.
Recommended Reading:
Durable Trades
Building something that will last requires a radically different approach than is common or encouraged today. In Durable Trades, Groves uncovers family-centered professions that have endured the worst upheavals in history—including the Industrial Revolution—and continue to thrive today. Through careful research and thoughtful commentary, Groves offers another way forward to those looking for a more durable future.
Polyface Library
Joel Salatin’s writing was very influential in starting me down the homesteading and farming rabbit trail. The summer before my internship at Polyface, a friend and I used “Pastured Poultry Profit$” as a guide for a broiler enterprise. I read through the rest of Joel’s books and later was an intern and apprentice at Polyface.
~Adam