Polly Bee Makes Honey

by Deborah Chancellor, Julia Groves (Illustrator)

Overview

Follow Polly Bee as she flies to flowers, finds pollen and nectar, and helps make sticky honey in this stylish and fact-filled picture book, part of the new “Follow My Food” series that looks at the ways different foods are made.

How is honey produced? And how does it get from the farm to the kitchen table? This simple story provides young readers a glimpse into a day in the life of a worker bee. From flower to hive to table, this engaging story will help kids understand where their food comes from, and it’s ideal for teaching them about sustainability and the environment. Featuring attractive collage-style art and rich vocabulary, the book also includes information on beekeeping, fun facts about bees, and a simple recipe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781662670664
Publisher:	Astra Publishing House
Publication date:	02/06/2024
Series:	Follow My Food
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.38(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.37(d)
Lexile:	AD720L (what's this?)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Deborah Chancellor is the author of more than 100 books for children and young adults in the UK. Her books cover a range of topics from educational to biographies to cookbooks. A number of her books have been published in the US, including her “Good to Be Green” series (Crabtree).

Julia Groves is an illustrator with a focus on cut-paper and printmaking illustrations for children's books. Her first book Rainforest received a Banks Street Outstanding Merit, made the New York Times Best Books of the Year list, and was long-listed for the Cogan Biodiversity Picture Book (UK).

Editorial Reviews

"These titles in Kane's 'Follow My Food' series are great resources for the very young on the subject of where food comes from...Lovely artwork, cut paper with digital media that looks like color block printing, shows clear images in broad panes of bright color...I feel that these titles give the perfect amount of information, with appealing images, to help young children understand that all of their food comes from somewhere!" —Youth Services Book Review

From the Publisher

01/01/2024

Gr 1–2—Part of the "Follow My Food" series, this highly colorful introduction to the life and work of honeybees is an excellent beginning science work showing young readers the origins of the jar of honey in their cupboard. A young brown-skinned girl follows worker bees through their nectar and pollen gathering, and back to the hive to feed the baby bees and add to the comb. She sees the drones and the Queen bee, whose only job is to lay more eggs. A beekeeper takes care of the hive helped by the narrator. And finally she can enjoy a snack of the delicious honey. The need to help bees by planting bee-friendly flowers and increasing their habitat is emphasized. The simple main text is followed by a game that brings together the information previously offered. VERDICT A colorful and simple introduction to the life and work of the bees that give us honey. Useful for early science classes.—Eva Elisabeth VonAncken

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