Books like Farm

A gentle retelling of the Nativity story, set among barn animals who witness a quiet, extraordinary birth on a cold night.

A boy named Eli grows up on his grandparents' farm, learning to love the barn, the fields, and the river that surround him — then shares those same places with his baby sister, Sylvie.

A lighthouse keeper tends his light through storms, fog, and drifting icebergs, keeping careful watch and logging every detail as the seasons turn outside his round stone walls.

Twelve poems follow one family through a full year, from January sledding to July fireworks to autumn leaves underfoot, finding wonder in each month's particular light and weather.

A father and child wake before dawn and head into the mountains for a day of hiking, facing the wilderness together and even helping the forest along the way.

A boy and his father fish before dawn at a Minneapolis pond, not for sport but for food, while stories of a different pond back in Vietnam quietly surface between casts.

A parent shares a string of tender wishes for a child — to find wonder in flying birds, to know love as vast and constant as the moon loves the sky.

A six-year-old boy spends his days in his grandfather Luis's towering garden, learning bird names, playful expressions, and reading and writing from a grandfather who never had schooling of his own.

A gentle tour through nature at dusk, as mother animals — owl, fox, whale, and more — each tell their babies just how deep and boundless their love runs.

A grandmother rises at five in the morning to spend her day fishing on the lake, packing worms, minnows, and fruit for lunch — then cleans her catch and bakes for a supper she's fully earned.

A day in the life of family and friends unfolds from morning to night, moving from a tiny shell on the beach to the wide, darkening sunset sky.

A nature-loving little girl grows up alongside the maple tree her parents planted in her honor, until a new baby sister arrives and needs some of that same loving attention.