Picture books with women driving tractors?

[Takver]

Needed for a friend's ds . . .

I suggested Apple Tree farm, but apparantly in the one they have (The Snowy Day) Mrs Boot doesn't drive the tractor at all - the farm worker gets it stuck and then a male neighbour pulls it out with his horse, so fail all ways round.

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I suppose you might find some published in Moscow or Warsaw in about 1970.

Not quite sure why that would be the case - I know plenty of women in RL (inc me) who drive a tractor, any reason why books shouldn't reflect that? This is 2012, not 1952!

Friend is a single mum living on a farm, her ds is v.small & would like some books that reflect his reality, don't see what is so odd about that.

I didn't say that a woman driving a tractor was odd.
What is odd is that it is rarely portrayed in kids
books - I challenge you to find one...

Don't ask me what the reason is, ask the book publishers.

Little Red Riding Hood - A Newfangled Prairie Tale by Lisa Campbell Ernst - in this version Grandma drives a tractor.

Hmm, maybe there's a market opportunity, NellyJob . . .

Will check that one out, Casey, thanks.

Come to that a picture book writer that realised that there was not a cats chance in hell of a horse pulling out a stuck Fergie would be good too . . . if a 2.5 year old can figure out how silly it is, surely it isn't rocket science!

In Grandpa, Grandma and the Tractor both Grandpa and Grandma are pictured driving the tractor at different points in the story.

How about the Katie Morag books - one of her grannies is my hero, she's brilliant and drives a tractor.

Katie Morag

the Katie Morag stories - Grannie Island drives a tractor

There's a Heggerty Haggerty book where she drives a tractor, too.

Of course - Katie Morag is a great idea. Will have a look for one featuring granny & the tractor.

Oh, and of course in the Katie Morag books Grannie Island (hmm, is there something about grandmothers and tractors?) drives a tractor - but I couldn't tell you offhand which titles in the series include pictures of her doing it.

It's not a story book but You Choose by nick sharratt has a woman driving a tractor as one of the jobs you can choose.

Cross-posted on Katie Morag. That'll teach me to pay attention to my children when I should be Mumsnetting...

Loads of books! Many thanks all. I don't know You Choose but remember it being referred to on here as good, maybe that would be a nice one to look for as well.

You choose is lovely, it's a picture book with lots of things for you to choose, clothes, pet, job, house. Our copy is so well loved we really need a new one now!

Oh I've got one, here :
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1843227843/ref=redir_mdp_mobile
Unfortunately it's a very badly driven tractor

Meg (mog and owl) drives a tractor