• IAITC 2022-2023 
    Teacher Book Grant Application

    The Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom program is offering special topic book grants of up to $250 to Pre-School through High School teachers across the state of Illinois to award and ship the book catagories listed below.

    • To apply for project funding, please complete this grant application, outlining the project, goals, and desired outcomes of incorporating the books chosen. The total value requested cannot exceed $250.00.
    • Projects should focus on integrating agriculture into a variety of curriculum areas. 
    • High School Ag teachers may apply with an elementary teacher if their classes or FFA Chapters are working with a specific classroom.  
    • For accepted grants, books are shipped directly to the teacher at their school after submission of a signed Funding Agreement.
    • You may contact your county Ag Literacy Coordinator for help with this application.  A listing of county coordinators can be found  on our website, www.agintheclassroom.org.
      • Application deadline is Friday, October 14, 2022.
      • Teachers selected for project funding are notified via email on November 11, 2022.
      • If selected, a Funding Agreement must be completed and signed by the teacher and building principal.  The deadline to submit the form is December 9, 2022.  Funding Agreements not submitted by the 12/9/22 deadline will forfeit the grant.
      • A Final Report and project evaluation is due by May 26, 2023.
      • Links to the Funding Agreement and Final Report forms are  provided upon notification of grant awardees.

     

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  • Book Grant Categories

  • STEM in Agriculture

  • The Great Pumpkin Smash - $4.00
    by Lori Haskins Houran
    (Grades K-3) Paperback

     

  • Time to Shine - $4.00
    by Catherine Daly
    (Grades K-3) Paperback

  • How to Grow a Monster - $4.00
    by Kiki Thorpe
    (Grades K-3) Paperback

  • The Runaway Chicken - $4.00
    by Kiki Thorpe
    (Grades K-3) Paperback

  • Slime King - $4.00
    by Catherine Daly
    (Grades K-3) Paperback

  • 7 Days Till Ice Cream - $4.00
    by Bernardo Feliciano
    (Grades K-3) Paperback

  • Livestock

  • The Pig War - $10.00
    by Emma Bland
    (Grades 2-4) Hardcover

  • Tales of the Dairy Godmother: Chuck's Ice Cream Wish - $15.00
    by Viola Butler
    (Grades K-3) Hardcover

  • Sonya's Chickens - $5.00
    by Pheobe Wahl
    (Grades PK-2) Paperback

  • Barn at Night - $15.00
    by Michelle Houts 
    (Grades K-3) Hardcover

  • If You Want to Knit Some Mittens- $10.00
    by Laura Purdie Salas
    (Grades K-3) Hardcover

  • Seasons

  • I Love Strawberries-$15.00
    by Shannon Anderson
    (Grades K-3) Hardcover

  • Winged Wonders: Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery-$12.00
    by Meeg Pincus
    (Grades 1-4) Hardcover 

  • Thankful-$10.00
    by Elaine Vickers
    (Grades K-3) Hardcover

  • Zee Grows a Tree-$10.00
    by Elizabeth Rusch
    (Grades K-3) Hardcover

  • Food and Culture

  • Magic Ramen-$13.00
    by Andrea Wang
    (Grades PK-2) Hardcover

  • Let Me Fix You a Plate: A Tale of Two Kitchens-$13.00
    by Elizabeth Lilly
    (Grades K-3) Hardcover

  • Feasts and Festivals Around the World: From Lunar New Year to Christmas-$12.00
    by Alice B. McGinty
    (Grades K-3) Hardcover

  • Saturday at the Food Pantry-$12.00
    by Diane O' Neill
    (Grades PK-2) Hardcover

  • Watercress-$12.00
    by Andrea Wang
    (Grades K-4) Hardcover

  • Illinois Authors

  • The Superlative A. Lincoln-$10.00
    by Eileen Meyer
    (Grades K-4) Hardcover

  • Pick a Pumkin-$5.00
    by Patricia Toht
    (Grades PK-2) Paperback

  • The Inventor's Secret-$12.00
    by Suzanne Slade
    (Grades K-3) Hardcover

  • The Water Lady-$10.00
    by Alice B. McGinty
    (Grades K-3) Hardcover

  • The Buzzy Bee Book for Kids-$7.00
    by Alice B. McGinty
    (Grades PK-2) Paperback

  • Ag in Past, Present, and Fictional Worlds

    (Jr./Sr. High Novels)
  • Prairie Lotus - $6.00
    by Linda Sue Park
    (Grades 5-8) Paperback

  • Among the Hidden - $5.00
    by Margaret Peterson Haddix
    (Grades 5-9) Paperback

  • Weedflower - $5.00
    by Cynthia Kadohata
    (Grades 5-9) Paperback

  • The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep - $8.00
    by Allan Wolf
    (Grades 9-12) Paperback

  • Flip the Bird - $6.00
    by Kym Brunner
    (Grades 7-12) Paperback

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