A Bumblebee Sweater

by Betty Waterton, Kim LaFave (Illustrator)

Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice, 2009 Grandma Needlethorpe knits a sweater for her granddaughter Nellie's role as a bumblebee in the upcoming spring concert And the result is a huge success - even though the sleeves have to be rolled up and the sweater hangs well past Nellie's knees A delighted Nellie can't wait to show it off to her school chums, but each time she wears the sweater, Nellie gets into a scrape And after several trips to the washer and dryer, the rapidly shrinking sweater finally fits her perfectly But Nellie must wear the sweater one more time before the concert And one more sweater mishap proves to be the last straw The bumblebee sweater comes out of the dryer much too small for Nellie Now it's no good for anyone except the family dog But Nellie doesn't mind; she's going to wear a flower costume in the concert Too bad there won't be a bumblebee on stage after all or will there?

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published November 19, 2007

Reviews

[Lara Bate · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Bumblebee Sweater is a story of a girl who ends up getting a yellow and black striped sweater from her grandma. She wears this everyday and it got dirty. Then her mother put the sweater in the wash and it accidentally shrunk. At the end, the girl sends a picture of her dressed up as a flower and the dog wearing the sweater. The grandma thinks that the girl was the dog as she couldn't see well.

[Eliza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute book about a grandma knitting a sweater for her granddaughter. She wears the sweater a lot, it gets washed and shrank. Cute winter to spring book.

[Suzanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute book, funny ending.

[Drew · Rating 3 out of 5]

a good story, but clunky in parts, the writing couldve used a bit more polishing.

[Greta]

Fun surprise ending.

[Betty Silvia · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was funny with an enjoyable relationship between a Grandmother with poor eyesight and a young girl. A surprise ending!

[Sarah Threlkeld · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute but forgettable.