Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom Ag-Related Books for Children and Young Adults Weather Bouchard, David, If You're Not From the Prairie, Atheneum, 1995. (Grades K-3) This poetic tribute invites readers to experience the blazing light, cutting wind, endless sky, piercing cold, and extraordinary beauty of the prairie. It's a land of extremes, as the lyrical text and illustrations make clear, that inspires extreme devotion from its hardy inhabitants. Byars, Betsy, and Doron Ben-Ami, Tornado, 1996. (Grades K-3) When a tornado is sighted, a boy's family rushes to the storm cellar. Anxious about the father, who's still in the cornfield, they listen to the storm overhead and to the stories related by their farmhand, Pete, about Tornado, the dog he knew and loved as a boy. Paulsen, Gary, The Winter Room, Bantam, 1998. (Grades 4-7) The winter room is where Eldon, his brother Wayne, old Uncle David, and the rest of the family gather on icy cold nights, sitting in front of the stove. There the boys listen eagerly to all of Uncle David's tales of superheroes. Then one night Uncle David tells the story, "The Woodcutter," and what happens next is terrible - then wonderful. Sidman, Joyce, and Beckie Prange, Song of the Waterboatman and Other Pond Poems, Houghton-Mifflin, 2005. (Grades PreK-3) Science facts combine with vivid poems about pond life through the seasons. Focusing on one pond creature or plant per spread, Sidman employs many poetic forms. Supraner, Robyn, I Can Read About Weather, Troll, 1997. (Grades 3-6) Back to Ag-Related Books for Children and Young Adults Back to Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom Recommend a book.