Awards
- Commended for Cybils (Poetry) 2012
- Short-listed for North Carolina Children's Book Award (Picture Book) 2013
Overview
The buzz is big for Douglas Florian's new poetry collection about the unBEElieveably unique lives of honeybees--and the vital role they play in our ecosystem. Come inside the honeycomb--a busy, buzzy, bee-filled home--and learn about the unexpected wonders of these tiny insects' lifestyles, families, and communities. In fourteen funny, fact-filled honeybee poems and paintings, Douglas Florian explores the natural history of these often-unappreciated critters, revealing them to be a totally cool--and totally important--part of our ecosystem. Indeed, these buzzy bugs have been in the spotlight lately as wild bee populations are dwindling, honey prices are rising, and beekeeping has become a popular hobby.
Full Product Details
Author: Douglas Florian ,
Douglas Florian
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Beach Lane Books
Dimensions:
Width: 23.80cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 27.40cm
Weight: 0.445kg
ISBN: 9781442426528
ISBN 10: 1442426527
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 06 March 2012
Recommended Age: From 5 to 8 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Awaiting stock
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Reviews
The latest in Florian's series of poetry books spotlighting animals, this attractive volume features bees.... Here the facts appear alongside the verse, an arrangement that works well because knowledge enlarges the experience of reading the verse and helps the information stick...some of the rhyming poems...express the bees' point of view in a playful way that makes them fun to read aloud or even to memorize.... A nice mix of wordplay and science. -- Booklist , April 1, 2012
The latest in Florian s series of poetry books spotlighting animals, this attractive volume features bees . Here the facts appear alongside the verse, an arrangement that works well because knowledge enlarges the experience of reading the verse and helps the information stick some of the rhyming poems express the bees point of view in a playful way that makes them fun to read aloud or even to memorize . A nice mix of wordplay and science. Booklist, April 1, 2012
Florian ( Poetrees, 2010, etc.) bestows yet another pleasing mix of punny poems and colorful collages that blend whimsy and fact.... Spreads like Swarm epitomize Florian's skill at combining pithy rhymes, well-chosen facts and playfully tongue-in-cheek pictures.... Design is crisp.... Florian shines again here. <p><p> -- Kirkus Reviews, March 6, 2012
Author Information
Douglas Florian is the creator of many acclaimed picture books including Windsongs: Poems About Weather, UnBEElievables, Poetrees, and Dinothesaurus. He lives with his family in New York.
