From now through the fall, children from pre-school age through eight years can take part in “Read and Pick” programs at Terhune Orchards in Lawrenceville. Participants pick fruits and vegetables that they can take home, and gather around a storyteller to listen to a book being read about fruits, vegetables, farming equipment, or pollinators. Crafts, tractor rides, and interacting with animals are part of the experience.

Sessions are held biweekly on Tuesdays at 9:30 and 11 a.m., and last about an hour. The cost is $7 per child. Weekly topics include farm animals, strawberries, cherries, butterflies and bees, flowers, Asian pears, blueberries, apples, chickens, tractors, and pumpkins.

Visit terhuneorchards.com for more information. Registration is required, at (609) 924-2310.