The Honeybee Man

AUTHOR: Lela Nargi

ILLUSTRATOR: Kyrsten Brooker 

PUBLISHER: Schwartz & Wade              

PUBLICATION DATE:  2011

AWARDS: A Junior Library Guild Selection, a Bank Street College

of Education Best Book of the Year, a Cook Prize Honor Book, 

and a NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book

GENRE: Realistic Fiction                      

READING LEVEL: Ages 4-8

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Fred is an elderly bee keeper. He makes honey from his three bee hives. This story tells about how bees make their honey and how Fred puts the honey in a jar. This book tells a story but uses facts about bee keeping throughout.

 INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:  Have the students decorate a bee and put it on a large bee hive. Discuss how important bees are to pollinating flowers and making delicious treats like honey.
Bring some honey in for the class to try. 

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Shayla Samaras Valdosta State University