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When the Bees Fly Home
Andrea Cheng
Tilbury House Publishers, 2002
A warm Book to share on many levels
This gem of a book has many things to recommend it. The paintings are carefully rendered to reveal the ehtnic family with diverse interest. The story of a family unit which will remain strong despite the different talents. Add to this the factual information about bees. This book can be used in the ...
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The Beekeeper
Bernard, P Morgan
MX Publishing, 2007
Perfect companion to the Bee Movie
The Bee Keeper is a lovely traditional book for children and perfect timing with the new Bee Movie making bumblebees exciting, as linking the two creates inspiration for reading among children. Set in what could be the 1900s the illustrations are wonderfully endearing and the story weaves a great ...
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Belinda Bee's Busy Year
Rusty Wise
Not Avail, 2004
Belinda Bee's Busy Year
+ Sweet Kids' Book
+ Buzzzzzzzzzzzz
A delightful little book that is perhaps more educational than it's author's modest admission. The individual stories / seasons are short enough to hold the attention, but not so short as to insult a childs interest and curiosity. It reads out loud beautifully, and provides fun for the parent ...
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Ned Kelly and the City of Bees
Thomas Keneally
David R Godine, 1995
As Ned Kelly lies in the hospital with appendicitis, the last thing he expects is to have a bee offer him a gold liquid that shrinks him to apian dimensions. Together with Nancy Clancy (who speaks only in irritating rhymes), Ned rides off on the bee's back to live in the hive, where he is enchanted by his new friends: Romeo the lovesick drone, Basil the activist, and haughty Queen Selma. Exciting ...
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The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh
A. A. Milne
Dutton Juvenile, 2001
Totally terrific
+ Great first novel for a pre-schooler.
+ A Perfect Anthology
+ Always and Forever Winnie the Pooh
+ What? No Complete Tales and Poems of Eeyore??
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The Big Honey Hunt (Beginner Books(R))
Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain
Random House Books for Young Readers, 1962
A fun storytime book
+ We like this one a lot
+ My son loves it!
My 2-year-old loves seeing Papa Bear get into trouble. We already had the Bear's Christmas, the Bear's Vacation and the Bear's Picnic, and she loves those too. The punch line, where Papa decides the best honey comes from the store he passed in the beginning, is lost on her but she looks forward ...
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Honey... Honey... Lion!
Putnam Juvenile, 2005
Delightful
+ Bright little picture
+ A VERY NICE WORK. A FAVORITE OF MINE.
+ amazing illustrations
+ Fabulous illustrations & a moral, BUT
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Bea's Own Good
Linda Talley
MarshMedia, 1997
Honeybee rules keep the honeycomb strong, help bees make the very best honey and keep the bees safe. When a honeybee named Beatrice decides to break the rules and go on an expedition, she realizes rules are for her own good.
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City of Bees
City of Bees Kids
Choices, 2007
Beautiful, educational, and child-oriented
This beautiful film explains the workings of a beehive throughout the year, and throughout the life cycle, in a way that children can understand. Not only that, but several (young) children narrate the film, ask questions, and are shown looking at commercial hives. This is one of the most ...
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The Adventures of Maya the Bee
Waldemar Bonsels
Book Jungle, 2007
A wonderfully imaginative and enriching children's book
+ very nice
+ Maya the Bee rocks
Many years ago I gave this book to my former elementary school teacher; I was happy to find out later that she read it to every generation of students until she retired.
Waldemar Bonsels masterfully crafted a book in which the insect world is a metaphore/allegory of the humans'. Its stories are ...
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Bee-Wigged
Candlewick, 2008
To bee or not to bee? A lonely, overlarge insect tries a new identity on for size in a wacky, wonderful tale of true friendship. All Jerry Bee wants is to make friends, but that's hard to do when you're the most enormous bee anyone has ever seen. Then a wig changes Jerry's life: when he puts it on, he looks just like a boy! Jerry creates quite a buzz with his kindness and generosity, and for ...
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The Best Beekeeper of Lalibela: A Tale from Africa
Cristina Kessler
Holiday House, 2006
Long ago in the mountains of Ethiopia, the bees arrived in Lalibela, and people poured in from all around to procure their sweet honey. A young girl named Almaz vows one day her honey will be the best of all. When she shares her dream with the current beekeepers, they laugh her away and tell her it's men's work. Almaz is determined to prove them all wrong, but she can barely climb the trees to ...
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The Plight of Queen Bee
Simone Fairchild
A Better Be Write Publisher, 2005
Incredible
+ Well-written who-dunnit
+ Great Kids Book
+ Refreshing and a great book for kids
+ Great!!!!
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Buzby and the Grumble Bees (Max Lucado's Hermie & Friends)
Max Lucado
Thomas Nelson, 2007
From the series that brought you the #1 children's video of 2005 and 2006 in Christian retail, comes a fun story about the importance of good behavior. The garden bugs secretly agree to help Buzby show his misbehaving niece and nephew how unpleasant life would be if everyone misbehaved the way they do. After a few encounters with misbehaving bugs-seeing how dangerous, gross, and uncomfortable ...
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The Adventures of Maya the Bee (A Story in Jazz)
Nancy Harrow
Harbinger, 2001
My two and a half year old daughter adores this cd
my two and a half year old daughter saw Maya the Bee in New York City, and since has listened to this cd on average 1-4 times per day for a month! This is her first audio obsession. She enjoys learning about each insects character and song. She especially loves Bobbie the dung beetle. The music ...
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