Farm Adventure

Reinforces mapping and direction skills through eleven farm-themed mazes and prompts which ask readers to find various objects in each scene. Includes answers.

Brothers and sisters Hardik, Gaurav and Aanya are thrilled, as they are to spend their vacations at Wellington Farmhouse, which is owned by a friend of Hardik, George. They come to know about Dr. Abhishek, a wicked scientist, who stole an explosive chemical and hid it in Wellington Farm. Things begin to boil up when Gaurav and George disappear in the middle of the night. Can Hardik and Aanya find the chemical and save them?

Grover is so excited – he’s going on a road trip! But first his owner, Annie, has a special guest to pick up from the animal shelter. Squeak is a rescued kelpie puppy. He needs a new home on a farm, with lots of room to run around. But Grover has always lived in the city. How can he help Squeak find a new home? What will happen to Squeak? Where will he go? Claire Garth is a former primary school teacher who adopted the real Grover after starting as a manager at Sydney Dogs and Cats Home. Grover McBane, Rescue Dog is Claire’s first children’s series. Following the books, Claire and Grover visited schools to raise awareness about adoption and animal rescue. Johannes Leak is an illustrator and commercial artist who specializes in cartooning, magazine illustration, music album artwork and storyboards. He lives and works on the NSW Central Coast where he can also be spotted surfing and walking his dog, Calvin.

Jessie has lived on the farm for all of his 12 years. He loves the animals and he enjoys helping his dad and his grandpa with the chores each day. When he's not at school, he loves to play with the sheep in the pasture. The lambs are so much fun to watch and Jessie loves to run wild with them! All summer long, they frolic on the hills together. Then, in autumn the work begins. Jessie tags along with his dad as they gather the hay and grain for winter feeding. They have the sheep sheared in December when the Sheep Shearer comes. Then, they take the wool to the city to sell. On the drive home, they come across a terrible scene! The snow is melting and hanging loose over the creek banks. Some of the sheep are about to die if they don't get help! Are Jessie and his dad fast enough for a rescue? Come along and enjoy the exciting adventure of Jessie and his flock of sheep.

ABOUT THE BOOK: Gracie and Riley live on a small farm, in a very large house, with their mom, dad and grandmother Anna. They think the animals that they have on their farm are the silliest things in the world! They have Billy, Hazel and Jennie for family pets and they are goats. Gracie and Riley think that Billy, Hazel and Jennie must have come from the mountains because they sure do love to climb up! In fact, they will climb up on almost everything. They climb up on the tractor! They climb up on the roof of the shed! There is just no way to tell where they will be found next but it is sure to be waaaay up! Come join Gracie and Riley on their daily adventures with their goats!

Shayna's mom has a big problem. She does not like the pigs on the farm. There is a good reason why she does not like them and it involves mud! The pesky pigs just love the mud created by the sprinkler in the gardens! They head that to that cool, wet mud every chance they get! Join Shayna and Woofus, her dog, as they take on the huge job of guarding the garden. They watch for the pigs to come and then the chase is on! Then one day, Shayna's mom has an idea! It involves mud too! Could her big problem actually have a solution? Come join in the fun and learn about 'Life on the Farm'.

"Little Joe and his dogs get to experience the fun and the adventure of living on a farm every day. You can run with them to the pasture to check on the cattle and the sheep. You can watch as Harley tries to catch a gopher and Mocha tries to catch the birds! Oh, what fun they have but they do not catch a gopher nor do they catch a bird. Little Joe watches as Mocha runs off into the bushes, but when she comes back, she smells worse than a rotton potato! Harley, on the other hand, races over a hill and comes back whining and yelping! Little Joe decides to go ask his dad for help. There are lessons to learn for both the dogs and for Little Joe. At the end of the day, Harley does not hurt, Mocha does not smell, and Little Joe is very happy to be living on a farm. Come along and see for yourself!"--P[4] of cover.