If You Love Honey: Nature's Connections

by Martha Sullivan, Cathy Morrison (Illustrator)

Overview

Teach kids how bees make honey and all the living creatures that help make it possible in this vibrantly illustrated picture book! Includes educational backmatter with information on the pollination process, honey, nectar, the honeybee ecosystem, and more.

Bees make honey, but did you know that the entire process depends on the lives of dandelions, mushrooms, oak trees, and even blue jays? If you love honey, you better love all of them, too!

This beautifully illustrated book builds on "if you love honey," and introduces young readers to all the living things that help make honey production possible. Perfect for kids who always wonder, "how do bees make honey?" and parents, teachers, and librarians looking for honeybee books for children and springtime books for kids.

Backmatter includes:

• Explore More for Kids: an ecosystem search-and-find where kids can find all the plants and animals, information on nectar, how it gets made into honey, and the process of pollination
• Explore More for Teachers and Parents: detailed information on pollination, insects and the ecosystem around honeybees, and activities like an ecosystem drawing activity, a Honey Bee Ambrosia recipe, an activity that teaches students how to do a bee waggle dance, and more!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781584695349
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	09/01/2015
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	1,044,996
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	AD660L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 10 Years

About the Author

Martha Sullivan is a children's book author with a special interest in nature and sustainability. Born and raised in the US, Martha has also lived in Belgium, Austria, the UK, and most recently, County Clare, Ireland, where she enjoys kayaking, hiking, set-dancing, and gardening. Martha is passionate about her mission—helping children to connect with the natural world so that they are primed to protect it later in life. A Master's thesis on Education for Sustainable Development through the University of Bath was the catalyst that moved Martha from the classroom where she taught Biology for fifteen years to the writer's desk. She now focuses on stories that help children to understand the importance of biodiversity and conservation.

Cathy Morrison is an award-winning illustrator who lives in Colorado, within view of both the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains. She watches the plants, the animals, and rain—all close up and personal. She began her career in animation and graphic design, but discovered her passion for children's book illustration while raising her two children. After several years illustrating with traditional media, she now works digitally, which helps the publisher adapt the art into interactive book apps.

Editorial Reviews

2015-06-23
A cycle of logical syllogisms takes readers from the title stipulation through a series of conclusions that ends at the beginning. It's hard to argue with the logic. "If you love honey, / Then you must love honey bees. // If you love honey bees, / It's no wonder you love dandelions." Each statement appears on a double-page spread accompanied by a related fact: bees must visit about 2 million flowers to produce a pound of honey, for instance. The chain of affection extends from dandelions to ladybugs to goldenrod to butterflies to clover to the soil to earthworms to mushrooms to oak trees to blue jays to blackberries and back to honeybees and honey. While some of the connections are a bit of a stretch, the short explanatory text generally explains the logic, and it is summarized in the backmatter. Morrison's illustrations are crisp if a bit on the stiff side, and they include many details not mentioned in the text, such as a family of bears on a honey raid fleeing angry guard bees and a whole host of insects, amphibians, and other fauna that inhabit this bucolic environment. The beekeeper is assisted by an African-American child, who shares a picnic with her Caucasian friend, who provides the berries. Copious backmatter provides further information on pollination, honeybees and other beneficial insects, and flowers and seed spreaders, as well as activities and Web resources. A neat look at connections many children can see in action. (Informational picture book. 5-8)

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