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Little Duck is working hard making valentines for everyone and decorating for the Valentine's Day dance, but what happens when an unexpected guest arrives?

After setting off one too many pranks, Parker is sent to work on an unusual farm in the middle of nowhere where something extraordinary is growing underground.

"Grab the wagon, it's a bright autumn day and the trees are full of ripe, red apples! There's an apple festival underway at the farm and lots of work to do making cider. This visit finishes with a cider doughnut and a cup of freshly pressed cider. DELICIOUS! Told in crisp, action-driven thymes from a young child's point of view, From Apple Trees to Cider, Please! is a realistic account of how apple cider is pressed, flavored with the charm and vigor...

Arriving at a farm with sore paws and an empty stomach, a dog tries to convince the farmer that he could be just as valuable as a cow, a horse, or a chicken.

"Trinidad in the 1940s, nearing the end of American occupation and British colonialism. On a hill overlooking Bell Village sits the Changoor farm, where Dalton and Marlee Changoor live in luxury unrecognizable to those who reside in the farm's shadow. Down below is the Barrack, a ramshackle building of wood and tin, divided into rooms occupied by whole families. Among these families are the Saroops--Hans, Shweta, and their son, Krishna, all three...

Tractor Mac and his animal and vehicle friends wrap gifts, bake holiday treats, decorate a tree, and get ready for Christmas.

When her grandchildren spend the night, Nonna Lidia recounts her childhood growing up on a farm in Italy, prompting her to take the kids to a local farm where they see chickens and eggs.

Otis the tractor sees many animal friends on the farm where he lives.

"Somerset, 1911. The forces of war are building across Europe, but this pocket of England, where the rhythms of lives are dictated by the seasons and the land, remains untouched. Leo, a talented rider and son of the under keeper to the head groundskeeper, grows up alongside the master's spirited daughter, Charlotte"-- 1911. The forces of war are building across Europe but Somerset, where the rhythms of lives are dictated by the seasons and the land,...