Reading about Corn

December 16, 2021
A group of children are reading books while sitting on top of a stack of books.

Illinois Ag in the Classroom offers an abundance of resources for teachers to help aid them with activities and lessons on agriculture designed to enhance the K-12 experience. They have an archive of books on subjects like apples, beef, corn, dairy, environment, farm animals, farming around the world, horse, insects-pollinators, pork, poultry, renewable energy, science, sheep, soybeans, specialty crops, trees, water, weather, wheat, world history and more! 

 

If you’re looking for corn related books to share with your children, grandchildren or friends check out their list here:

Book Title

A Midwestern Corn Festival: Ears Everywhere

Anna's Corn

Corn

Corn

Corn Aplenty

Corn Belt Harvest

Corn is Maize: The Gift of the Indians

Corn: From Farm to Table

Corn: What it is, What it Does

Corn: In the Story of Agriculture

Corn--On and Off the Cob

Everything Grows

Feeding the World CORN

Four Seasons of Corn

From Corn to Cereal

Gimme Cracked Corn & I Will Share

Midwest Maize

My Family's Corn Farm

Popcorn Astronauts, The

Popcorn at the Palace

Popcorn Country: The Story of America's Favorite Snack

Popcorn Science

Pump Ethanol

The Boy Who Changed the World

The Life and Times of Corn

What Makes Popcorn Pop?

What's for Lunch? Corn

Author

Lisa Gabbert

Barbara Santucci

Ann L. Burkhardt

Gail Gibbons

Dana Meachen Rau

Raymond Bial

Aliki

William Anton

Cynthia Kellogg

Susan Anderson and JoaAnne Buggey

Allan Fowler

Raffi

Kim Etingoff

Sally M. Hunter

Roberta Basel

Kevin O'Malley

Cynthia Clampitt

Katie Olthoff

Deborah Ruddell

Emily A McCully

Cris Peterson

Natalie Lunis & Nancy White

Callee Bauman

Andy Andrews

Charles Micucci

Jack Myers

Pam Robson

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