It's a Good Thing There Are Bees

Rookie Read-About Science

by Lisa M. Herrington

The sound of a buzzing bee can send many people running inside. But bees play a very important role in their ecosystem. Bees pollinate flowers and also provide useful products, such as honey and beeswax. The well-organized chapters help readers (Ages 6-7) identify key details. The illustrations and text features such as captions and bold print help students navigate the text while the photographs add clarity and enable students to better understand the text.

Genres: Nonfiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2014

Reviews

[Julia Henderson]

Summary: This book is a non-fiction children's book that has different chapters to help children learn more information about bees.

Lexile Level: NC600L

Grade Level: 1-2

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book for young readers wanting to learn more about the importance of Bees in our world. Informative and colorful for all ages!

[Jessica Riojas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Twin Texts Paired With: The ACB with Honora Lee By: Kate De Goldi

It’s a Good Thing There Are Bees is a book that is all about bees. It is nothing but bee facts (and two pretty corny jokes). The ACB with Honora Lee, by Kate De Goldi, is about a little girl who finds solace away from her parents and in the company of her grandma who lives in a nursing home. All the while bees are slowly dying in the background. In the book, I found the bees to be a metaphor for the people in the nursing home. I think that the pairing of these two books would work well with a lesson on similes and metaphors and the students could use the nonfiction bee book to elaborate on the metaphor, or find something else within The ACB with Honora Lee that is a metaphor for the bees and elaborate on that.