Give Bees a Chance -- Bethany Barton, Hardcover

From the author-illustrator of Children's Choice Book Award Winner I'm Trying to Love Spiders a plea to please give bees a chance

Not sure whether to high-five bees or run away from them? Well, maybe you shouldn't high-five them, but you definitely don't have to run away from them. Give Bees a Chance is for anyone who doesn't quite appreciate how extra special and important bees are to the world, and even to humankind Besides making yummy honey, they help plants grow fruits and vegetables. And most bees wouldn't hurt a fly (unless it was in self-defense ).

Bethany Barton's interactive cartoon-style illustrations and hilarious narrator mean this book is full of facts and fun. With bees officially on the endangered animals list, it's more important now than ever to get on board with our flying, honey-making friends

Author: Bethany Barton
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Published: 04/25/2017
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.50h x 10.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780670016945
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.6
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 189684 / Give Bees a Chance


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 02/01/2017 pg. 114
Publishers Weekly 02/13/2017
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2017
Booklist 03/01/2017 pg. 56
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2017
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2017 pg. 113

About the Author
Bethany Barton had been stung by three bees in her lifetime, but still wishes she could give bees hugs. She lives and works in Los Angeles with her rad husband (named Mike), their awesome son (named Leo), and a vegetable garden full of bees and spides (all named Lucille).

She is the author/illustrator of I'm Trying to Love Spiders, which won the third to fourth grade 2016 Children's Choice Book Award!