Every bale of hay has a little bit of summer sun stored in the heart
of it-- learn from a mother-daughter team how hay is made!
Feeding her horses one cold and wintry day, a girl thinks about all the
hard work that went into the fresh-smelling bales she's using. The
rhyming text and brilliant full-page paintings follow the girl and her
mother through the summer as they cut, spread, dry and bale in the
fields.
*Mower blades slice through the grass./A new row falls with every
pass./Next we spread the grass to dry./The tedder makes those grasses
fly!
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This celebration of summer, farming, and family, illustrated by Pura
Belpré honor artist Joe Cepeda, includes a glossary of haymaking words,
and a recipe for making your own switchel-- a traditional farm drink, to
cool you down in the summer heat.
A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year