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Corn Farm Boy

by Lois Lenski · 1954

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The story follows a young boy through one growing season on a corn farm in Iowa. Dick Hoffman loves to drive the new tractor and to care for the farm animals. A quaint depiction of the simple pleasures of farm life.

Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
IowaIowaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 179 pages

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