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Read to Win

The Missouri State Fair Foundation is on a mission to educate youth about agriculture. We are excited to partner with the International Association of Fairs & Exhibitions (IAFE) to provide the "Read to Win" program. Children of all ages can win a FREE Missouri State Fair admission ticket and a Read to Win ribbon. To win, youth must read farm and/or fair related books. Charlotte's Web is a perfect example.
  • Read to Win is for youth PK - Grade 12.
    • PK & KG children must read (or have read to them) 22 Farm/Fair books
    • Children in grades 1-4 must read (or have read to them) 15 age appropriate books
    • Youth in grades 5-12 must read 11 age appropriate books.
  • A parent or teacher must initial/witness each book read.
  • Reading log forms must be submitted to our office no later than July 7, 2023.
  • Below are some reading suggestions and other ag education resources.
Completed logs can be returned via email to msff@MoStateFairFoundation.net OR
Mail to: MO State Fair Foundation, 2503 W 16th Street, Sedalia, MO 65301

Readers Log

Read to Me Video Books

Farm Babies Farm Babies

My Word of the School Year by Amanda Reichel

6 great farm books by Amanda Radke includes: C is for Care; Beef Strong; The Soil Quilt; Can-Do Cow Kids; Levi's Lost Calf; a Home Run for Peanuts
Kiss the Cow by: Phyllis Root

Baby's First Book of Cows & Colors by Katlyn Garrett
The Winter Cowboy by: Stephanie White
A Seed is Sleepy by:: Dianna Hutts Aston
The Fabulous, Fantastic Field Trip to the Dairy Farm by Karla Deaver
The Calf on My Farm by: Stephanie White
Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg by: Mia Posada
My Farm Animal World
Usborne
Baby/toddler

Good Night Farm
A touch and feel storybook
Baby/toddler

Farm words
Usborne baby’s very first play book
BabyNoisy Farm
My first touch and feel sound book
Ages 3+
Little Blue Truck, By Alice Schertle
Toddler - Preschool

Good Morning, Farm!, John Deere
PK - KG

Otis series, By Loren Long
PK - Grade 2

Charlie the Ranch Dog stuck in the Mud
By Ree Drummond
KG - Grade 2

Charlie and the New Baby,
By Ree Drummond
KG-Grade 2

Charlie the Ranch Dog,
By Ree Drummond
PK - Grade 3



Farm Animals, Snapshot Picture Library
PK - KG

Fun at the County Fair, John Deere
PK - KG

Johnny Tractor's Fun Farm Festival
John Deere
PK - KG

Johnny Tractors Fun Farm Day
John Deere

Sixteen Cows
By Lisa Wheeler
Ages 3-7

5 Minute Tales: Farm Stories
Toddler - early reader

5 Minute Farm Tales: Tiger Tales
Ages 2-4

Proud Little Peacock
4-6 yearsCowboys
By Lucille Recht Penner
Young reader: 3-6

Horses book of opposites
By Jenny Lyman

Play town FARM, A lift the flap book (2+)

Fun at the County Fair
By Kris Kietzman & Fred Vonderlage
Grade 1 - 4

Little House on the Prairie Series
By Laura Ingalls Wilder
Grades 3-7

Charolette's Web
By E.B. White
Grades 3-7

Where the Red Fern Grows
By Wilson Rawls
Grade 3-7

Satchel-Paige-at-State-Fair...
by Linda Paige Shelby

A Day No Pigs Would Die
By Robert Peck
Young Adult

Secretariat
By William Nack
Young Adult
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