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. By completing the challenge, children Pre-K through 12th grade can win a State Fair prize package! To win, youth must read an age-appropriate number of farm and/or fair related books.
Reading logs must be submitted by June 15th
Challenge Details
- Pre-K and Kindergarten read (or have read to them) 22 farm/fair books
- Grade 1-4 read (or have read to them) 15 age-appropriate farm/fair books
- Grade 5-12 read 11 age-appropriate farm/fair books
Prize Packages
- One Missouri State Fair adult admission ticket
- One Missouri State Fair youth admission ticket (if the child is over age 6)
- A Read to Win ribbon
- A Read to Win certificate
The prize package will be mailed to winners before the start of the Missouri State Fair (typically mid-late July).
Reading Videos
- Bendon Bear & Farm Animals
- Big Red Barn
- Charlie and the New Baby
- Ennis Goes to the Dairy
- Farm Babies
- Growing Vegetable Soup
- Hunting the White Cow
- How Did That Get In My Lunchbox
- Pod to Plate
- The Perfect Barn
- The Little Blue Truck
- The Little Red Hen
- Rowdy's Big Day
- Moon's On Fire
- Walter the Farting Dog
- Who Grew My Soup?
Reading Suggestions
- A Seed is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston
- Good Morning, Farm! by John Deere (PK - K)
- Fun at the County Fair by John Deere (PK - K)
- Johnny Tractor's Fun Farm Festival by John Deere (PK - K)
- Johnny Tractors Fun Farm Day by John Deere
- Charlie the Ranch Dog by Ree Drummond (PK - Grade 3)
- Charlie the Ranch Dog: Stuck in the Mud by Ree Drummond (K - Grade 2)
- Charlie and the New Baby by Ree Drummond (K - Grade 2)
- The Fabulous, Fantastic Field Trip to the Dairy Farm by Karla Deaver
- A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck (Young Adult)
- C is for Care by Amanda Radke
- Beef Strong by Amanda Radke
- The Soil Quilt by Amanda Radke
- Can-Do Cow Kids by Amanda Radke
- Levi's Lost Calf by Amanda Radke
- A Home Run for Peanuts by Amanda Radke
- Baby's First Book of Cows & Colors by Katlyn Garrett
- Fun at the County Fair by Kris Kietzman & Fred Vonderlage (Grade 1 - 4)
- Horses: Book of Opposites by Jenny Lyman
- Otis Series by Loren Long (PK - Grade 2)
- My Word of the School Year by Amanda Reichel
- Kiss the Cow by Phyllis Root
- Satchel Paige at State Fair by Linda Paige Shelby
- Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle (Toddler - Preschool)
- Secretariat by William Nack (Young Adult)
- Farm Animals by Snapshot Picture Library (PK - K)
- Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (Grades 3-7)
- My Farm Animal World by Fiona Watt (Baby/Toddler)
- Good Night Farm by Adam Gamble and Mark Jasper (Baby/Toddler)
- Farm Words by Matthew Oldham (Baby)
- Noisy Farm by Tiger Tales (Ages 3+)
- Sixteen Cows by Lisa Wheeler (Ages 3-7)
- Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg by Mia Posada
- Little House on the Prairie Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Grades 3-7)
- The Winter Cowboy by Stephanie White
- The Calf on My Farm by Stephanie White
- Proud Little Peacock by Rina Singh (Ages 4-6)
- 5 Minute Tales: Farm Stories by Tiger Tales (Toddler - Early Reader)
- 5 Minute Farm Tales by various authors (Ages 2-4)
- Play Town FARM by Roger Priddy (Ages 2+)
- Cowboys by Lucille Recht Penner (Ages 3-6)
- Charlotte's Web by E.B. White (Grades 3-7)