Bees (Creepy Critters) - Softcover

Rissman, Rebecca

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1410948153 ISBN 13: 9781410948151

Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree, 2012

Synopsis

Do you hear that sound? Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! It's a bee! Covered in black and yellow fuzz! This book uses simple rhymes and engaging images to teach readers about bees.

About this title

About the Author

Rebecca Rissman has written over 100 nonfiction books for young readers about science, math, and history. Her favorite letter in the alphabet is R because when you say it out loud you sound like a pirate!

Reviews

Bugs! You never know what kids’ reactions will be. Giggle and grab? Shriek and run? These titles in the Creepy Critters series choose to introduce various insects in a jolly, rhyming manner, though they are unafraid to insert a few cautionary notes when appropriate. The large horizontal trim will fit well on laps, while the combination of extreme close-up photos and cartoon backgrounds do a swell job of buffering potential creepiness. Bees has some graphical fun in tracing the loop-de-loop paths of its subjects and includes vivid pictures of hives, honeycombs, and—super-ick—pupae. Also, this: “Bees have stingers too, / which keep enemies away. / It hurts if you’re stung, so / remember, bees don’t like to play!” Each volume concludes with a two-page exercise involving finding the titular insects within a cartoon landscape, complicated (just a little) by the addition of a few other bugs. Bright, colorful, and acceptably educational. Preschool-Kindergarten. --Daniel Kraus

Edition details

• Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1410948153
• ISBN 13: 9781410948151
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 24