<b>“This title will fly off the shelf.”</b>

- Katherine Rao, Palos Verdes Lib. Dist., CA, School Library Journal

Follow Buzzwing the honeybee on a beautifully illustrated journey through the world of bees filled with amazing science and intriguing folklore.

Welcome to my honey hive home.
It’s where I live with my family.
I’m small and fuzzy and striped black and gold.
I’m Buzzwing the hardworking honeybee!


Did you know that bees love to dance? Or that they have an amazing sense of smell to help them find the best flowers? In The Secret Life of Bees, Buzzwing shares with you all the details of her life as a bee, in and out of the hive, starting with the day she was born.

Learn the secrets of this worker bee’s tiny world, including:
  • The bee life cycle
  • Bee anatomy
  • How bees collect nectar and make honey
  • What happens inside the hive
  • The different types of bees
  • Why bees are so important to humans
  • How bees can thrive in the city
  • Bee folk tales from around the world

With things to search for and find throughout, tips for making your own environment welcoming to bees and even a poetry-writing exercise, The Secret Life of Bees is brimming with reasons to admire and respect the hardworking honeybee.

Sumptuous and detailed illustrations have pride of place in this magical guide to bees that mixes natural history with a splash of fantasy – a book to be pored over time and again.
Les mer
Listen to tiny tales from Buzzwing the hard-working honeybee. Combining non-fiction with a splash of fantasy, The Secret Life of Bees is a book to get lost in, time and again.
Dear reader
When I was born
All about me
The baby and the bees - A bee tale from Greece
My happy hive home
Come inside
Telling the bees - A bee tale from Europe and North America
My busy bee dance
Fly the meadow
Fly away, bees
Summer sweet
The boy who ate sky honey - A bee tale from India
Buzzing around the world
Honey thieves
Chee-chee, come with me
Hidey-hole homes
How the elephants got their trunks - A bee tale from Thailand
City bees
The beekeeper comes
The lady of the Moon - A bee tale from Australia
Winter snuggle-up
Be a bee friend
 
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Non-fiction guide to bees and the great outdoors, with a fantasy twist

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780711260511
Publisert
2021-04-20
Utgiver
Quarto Publishing PLC; Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Høyde
290 mm
Bredde
235 mm
Aldersnivå
J, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
48

Forfatter
Illustratør

Om bidragsyterne

Moira Butterfield is an internationally-published children’s book author. Her work includes picture books, board books, fiction and highly-commended non-fiction books that seek to spark a child’s imagination about our world. She studied literature and has lived in and travelled to many places across the world. She currently lives in Bath, UK, with her family, where she loves to cycle, sew and sing. 

Vivian Mineker is a Taiwanese American from Taipei and Portland, currently working out of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her interest in art began at a young age, using drawing to express herself and her inner imaginary world. She uses watercolour, coloured pencil and digital processes to create a blend of traditional texture with a modern look and feel.