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K-3On the Farm series.
These wide-trim books teach kids about life on a farm. Each spread has two or three short sentences and a large, colorful stock photo that splits across the book's gutter. The writing can be choppy ("Cotton is soft. Cotton is used in clothes. Cotton is used in towels"), but it's suited to beginning readers. Additional (random) facts are appended. Glos., ind. Review includes these On the Farm titles: Buildings on the Farm, Crops on the Farm, Life on the Farm