The Bumblebee Queen (Hardcover)

from DianeWilkinson

April Pulley Sayre manages to create a book that crosses age groups in it's character. The simple form of the text in the bold format expresses language good for preschoolers, while also adding a smaller text that might be more interesting for those older students looking for more scientific info...

from Cfmichel

The bumblebee queen decribes the process of a queen bee building her colony. It's is a cute story of her journey to find the perfect place and includes facts about bumblebees and websites where more information can be had! Great for a bug/bee/flower prop-box! Nice illustrations as well!

from amandacb

Wynne's narrative follows a queen bee as she goes throughout her tasks-finding a nest, finding nectar, laying eggs, and reigning over her colony. The accompany illustrations are bright and have much textual detail that thoroughly reinforce the concepts introduced in the text. Appropriate for a sc...

from themulhern

Excellent book with simple text appropriate for young children, and illustrations, that, while they are detailed, are also appropriate for young children. A nice supplement to books about honeybees, which are so similar, yet different.

from hreilly

This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of a queen bee's life cycle in a visually stimulating and educational manner. This would be a great book to read to a class studying bees. I think bees are really cool and don't understand why people freak out so much when they come around. Being ...