A Bear, a Bee, and a Honey Tree
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
Boisterous and buzzing, A Bear, a Bee, and a Honey Tree is destined to be an instant classic . . . with delightfully funny illustrations and clever, fun-to-read text, from the acclaimed author of One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree.
When a hungry, fuzzy brown bear and a hive of angry bees come face to face, everybody's abuzz! Award-winning author Daniel Bernstrom and critically acclaimed illustrator Brandon James Scott have created a rowdy, rhythmic read-aloud that's also perfect for beginning readers. This epic chase story features Bernstrom's signature alliterative wordplay and verbal pizzazz, along with Scott's expressive characters that jump off the pages. A Bear, a Bee, and a Honey Tree has the kind of high-energy, uninhibited playfulness that makes kids want to run, chase, find out something about bear and bee behavior—and learn to read!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Short, punchy words and playful rhymes help Bernstrom (Song in the City) commemorate the victory of a small bee over a large, honey-hungry bear in this playful picture book. After both parties awaken and stretch in the morning light, kinetic digital spreads by Scott (I Was Born a Baby) show the bear, with big, googly eyes and a sheepish expression, stalking the hive through grass while the bee goes about its business collecting pollen. Brief phrases soon pile up in pleasing ways, as when the bear ("a hungry bear/ a honey bear") first makes an attempt on the goods: "a sneaky busy honey bear// a fretful bee/ a paw in tree// a very angry fuzzy bee." Not until it hoists itself into the tree does the bee, shown with comically tiny wings and an outraged expression, register the complaint, enlisting the help of its hive-mates. Dramatic lighting—dawn's glow, the lamp-like shine of the honeycomb, the dusk of evening—amplifies the spreads' appeal while offering a clear temporal feel. The David-and-Goliath confrontation, and its swarming turnabout, make this a snappy, fast-moving readaloud for youngest readers, with ample visual punch lines to boot. Ages 3–7. Author's agent: Brenda Bowen, Book Group. Illustrator's agent; Emily van Beek, Folio Jr./Folio Literary.
