★ WINNER of the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture Book of the Year Award
★ WINNER of the Growing Good Kids Award
How food gets from farm to table is explained in this fun and fast-paced introduction to the farms and farmers that grow the food we eat every day.
What’s that you say? You’re hungry? Right this very minute? Then you need a farmer!
It only takes a minute to feed a hungry kid – and teach them about where food comes from – in this informative and fun picture book about agriculture. Throughout the story, families in their busy kitchens or at the table wonder where the delicious foods they’re about to eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or dessert come from – followed by colorful, detailed spreads showing the operations and people involved in farming those foods. More than a dozen different types of farms are featured throughout, including a citrus grower testing oranges for ripeness, how a family-owned strawberry farm runs a “u-pick” business, how maple syrup is collected using a new tubing system instead of buckets, how wheat is planted, how a cranberry farmer saves berries from a frost, how a peanut farmer tests soil, how a dairy farmer cares for their animals, how lettuce is harvested, how beef farmers work with cattle on the range, and many more examples of agriculture in action.
Award winners Lisl H. Detlefsen and Renee Kurilla's delicious celebration of food and farming is sure to inspire readers of all ages to learn more about where their food comes from ― and appreciate the hard work of farming and the cool technology today’s farmers use.
Lisl H. Detlefsen writes while she watches wildlife wander past her office window. She is the author of the 2017 Wisconsin Ag in the Classroom Book of the Year, Time for Cranberries, illustrated by Jed Henry, and If You Had a Jetpack, illustrated by Linzie Hunter. Lisl lives on a cranberry marsh near Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, with her husband and two sons, and her favorite part of the year is when it's time for harvest. Visit Lisl online: Website, Facebook, Twitter
Renée Kurilla was an award-winning lead artist at FableVision Studios before becoming a full-time children’s book creator. Books she’s illustrated include Orangutanka: A Story in Poems by Margarita Engle, The Pickwicks' Picnic by Carol Brendler, and the Ada Lace series by Emily Calandrelli. Renée loves drawing nature, animals, and working on projects that require a little bit of research! She lives near Boston, Massachusetts, with her illustrator husband and their daughter, Zoey. Visit Renée online: Website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
Lisl H. Detlefsen Reads "Right This Very Minute"
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Educator's Guide (Sample Lesson)
Download this free sample lesson from Right This Very Minute. In this activity, students will match foods to their source.
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Educator's Guide
This educator’s guide includes 7 lessons that accompany Right This Very Minute. These seven lessons encourage students to dig deeper into thinking about where the food on their plates originated. Target age range is Kindergarten through second grade.
Educator's Guide
