Agricultural accurate books have made their way into some more than 60 elementary schools in Delaware.

Afforded to students in the First State through a USDA grant made available to the Delaware Farm Bureau, the program has stocked the schools with handcrafted book barns and agricultural accurate books since 2015.

The barns were crafted by New Castle County Farmer Jimmy Correll, Smyrna FFA members and Gene Hartnett.

Initiatives like these highlight “. . . the relationship between agriculture and the environment, food, fiber and energy, animals, lifestyle, the economy and technology,” according to the American Farm Bureau Foundation’s website.

Book barns can be dropped off or delivered with an in-person or virtual presentation.

Delaware public schools interested in a book barn can contact the Delaware Farm Bureau office at 302-697-3183.

Delaware schools with Book Barns:
Appoquinimink
Brick Mill
Old State
Silver Lake

Brandywine
Claymont
Forwood

Caesar Rodney
Allen Frear
Nellie Stokes
Star Hill
W.B. Simpson
Reily Brown

Cape Henlopen
H.O. Brittingham
Love Creek
Milton
Rehoboth
Shields (Richard A.)

Capital
East Dover
Fairview
North Dover
South Dover
Towne Point

Christina
Bancroft
The Bayard School
Downes (John R.)
Jones (Albert H.)
McVey (Joseph M.)
Oberle (William)
Smith (Jennie E.)
Stubs (Frederick
Douglass)

Colonial
Castle Hills
Eisenberg (Harry O.)
Pleasantville
Southern
Wilbur (Kathleen H.)
Wilmington Manor

Indian River
Georgetown
Lord Baltimore
North Georgetown
Showell (Phillip C.)

Lake Forest
Lake Forest East
Lake Forest North

Milford
Banneker (Benjamin)
Mispillion
Morris Early
Childhood Center
Ross (Lulu M.)

Red Clay
Baltz (Austin D.)
Forest Oak
Linden Hill
William F. Cooke Jr.


Seaford
Frederick Douglass
Seaford Central
West Seaford

Smryna
Clayton
North Smyrna
Smyrna
Sunnyside

Woodbridge
Phillis Wheatley

Charter/Private
Gateway Lab School
Newark Charter
Providence Creek
Academy Charter School
Holy Cross
Albert Einstein
Academy
Hockessin Montessori