LIFT AND LOOK BEES

UNCOVER THE LIVES OF THESE BUSY INSECTS

AUTHOR TRACY COTTINGHAM PUBLISHER BLOOMSBURY PRICE £7.99 / $9.47

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The lives of honey bees are largely hidden away in hives, but this interactive book helps children to explore the busy communities that thrive in bee hives. Under each flap lies a fascinating fact about these striped insects. Who is in charge? What do they do all day? Why do they dance? Lift and Look Bees answers them all and more.

To complement the text, the pages are filled with vibrant imagery of friendly faced bees. These illustrations help the reader visualise the layout of honeycomb and observe the path of a bee’s dance. But their lives in the hives are just half of the story. Lift and Look Bees explains to children why you often see them flying purposefully from flower to flower. Lifting the flaps reveals some of the foods that wouldn’t be able to thrive and grow without bees – most of which young readers will be familiar with.

While it’s short and honey-sweet, this book provides just enough information for children who are being introduced to bees. It gives them an insight into a bee’s life and explains why we should care for them.