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Love Bees: A family guide to help keep bees buzzing - With games, stickers and more
'If you're keen to get your children or grandchildren interested in the natural world, Love Bees could be just what you need to fire their imaginations.' - Waitrose Weekend ‘A great introduction to bees worldwide, Love Bees explains how much we need bees and how much more there is to bee-kind than just honey.’ - Gill Perkins, CEO, Bumblebee Conservation Trust 'Full of fascinating facts and practical projects, it's the perfect guide to inspire nature-lovers of all ages to love bees.' - Craig Bennett, Chief Executive, Friends of the Earth
'Without bees our world would be dull and our diet mundane, virtually no flowers or fruit for starters. Love Bees introduces why bees matter and how we can all help them survive in the modern world of many pitfalls perpetrated by Homo sapiens. A great read with content for all the family.' - BugLife
Bees need our love and attention! Help save bees and have fun along the way with Love A Family Guide to Keep Bees Buzzing.
Bee colonies are fast declining and our buzzing buddies need our help urgently if they are to recover and thrive. In this bright, bubbly book, full of activities for families to do together , Vanessa Amaral-Rogers focuses on how we can help our nectar-collecting buddies flourish — and why these important insects are so awesome — through a whole swarm of engaging facts and fun games.
Teach your kids that conservation is cool – and what the awesome rules are to become a bee’s BFF (Best Friend Forever). Find out together how to make a bee hotel or a wildflower window box, and play the Waggle Dance board game .
Pull-out activities
With exciting lessons in natural history and gardening, from planting pollinator-friendly flowers to growing a green wall, this is a call to action with a positively sunny outlook.
If you like this book, you might like to take a look at Bees, Bugs & Butterflies for more fun ideas for young bug fans. . .
'Without bees our world would be dull and our diet mundane, virtually no flowers or fruit for starters. Love Bees introduces why bees matter and how we can all help them survive in the modern world of many pitfalls perpetrated by Homo sapiens. A great read with content for all the family.' - BugLife
Bees need our love and attention! Help save bees and have fun along the way with Love A Family Guide to Keep Bees Buzzing.
Bee colonies are fast declining and our buzzing buddies need our help urgently if they are to recover and thrive. In this bright, bubbly book, full of activities for families to do together , Vanessa Amaral-Rogers focuses on how we can help our nectar-collecting buddies flourish — and why these important insects are so awesome — through a whole swarm of engaging facts and fun games.
Teach your kids that conservation is cool – and what the awesome rules are to become a bee’s BFF (Best Friend Forever). Find out together how to make a bee hotel or a wildflower window box, and play the Waggle Dance board game .
Pull-out activities
With exciting lessons in natural history and gardening, from planting pollinator-friendly flowers to growing a green wall, this is a call to action with a positively sunny outlook.
If you like this book, you might like to take a look at Bees, Bugs & Butterflies for more fun ideas for young bug fans. . .
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48 pages, Hardcover
Published March 19, 2019
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October 4, 2019
This was a wealth of information on bees!
I do think that it is likely not for tiny humans under the age of 10 years.
It is slightly wordy. I found it wonderfully interesting and look forward to seeing bees in a new light this spring!
Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group - Leaping Hare Press for this DRC.
I do think that it is likely not for tiny humans under the age of 10 years.
It is slightly wordy. I found it wonderfully interesting and look forward to seeing bees in a new light this spring!
Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group - Leaping Hare Press for this DRC.
February 27, 2019
Just a good and accessible documentary about bees. Lot of contents, easy to read, good quality pictures to go with it. We learn about bees of course, what they are, where they lives, etc., but we also learn about why they are so important in nature, with the pollenization and all. Kids will learn a lot, but adults might learn as well! Good job!
March 11, 2019
I am a new beekeeper and was thrilled to read Love Bees - A Family Guide to Keep Bees Buzzing - by Vanessa Amaral-Rogers
I received an advanced digital copy in exchange for an honest review. The thoughts and opinions expressed here are my own. Unfortunately, my digital version did not contain the last pages, “index and acknowledgements,” so I don’t know if my one critique is addressed there. What I find missing from this book is ‘where to go next.’ I feel like the author did a fantastic job of cramming a lot of valuable information into a small book. The pages are interesting and fun to look at. It is easy to skip around and not at all necessary to read straight through. I can see that it would appeal to a wide age range of children. It has great content, facts, and activities. It is very engaging, which is why I could love to see a list of resources in the back of the book that would point the readers towards other ways to get involved ... botanical gardens, gardening clubs for kids, beekeeping associations, etc.
For more about me, my gardening and my beekeeping, please follow my blog at www.patch405.com
I received an advanced digital copy in exchange for an honest review. The thoughts and opinions expressed here are my own. Unfortunately, my digital version did not contain the last pages, “index and acknowledgements,” so I don’t know if my one critique is addressed there. What I find missing from this book is ‘where to go next.’ I feel like the author did a fantastic job of cramming a lot of valuable information into a small book. The pages are interesting and fun to look at. It is easy to skip around and not at all necessary to read straight through. I can see that it would appeal to a wide age range of children. It has great content, facts, and activities. It is very engaging, which is why I could love to see a list of resources in the back of the book that would point the readers towards other ways to get involved ... botanical gardens, gardening clubs for kids, beekeeping associations, etc.
For more about me, my gardening and my beekeeping, please follow my blog at www.patch405.com
March 11, 2019
Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.
Love Bees is a fun and scientifically correct introduction and guide to different species of bees and their characteristics. Author (and conservation biologist) Vanessa Amaral-Rogers has written an engaging and colorful book aimed at younger readers, but with enough DIY and good ideas to get the entire family (or school) involved.
Due out 19th March 2019 on Quarto's Leaping Hare imprint, it's 48 pages and available in hardcover format.
This would make a superlative supportive text for classroom use, or a great gift for a young person. I also liked that the author included a section about other pollinators, including bats, birds, and lizards.
Really colorful and appealing book, 4 stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
Love Bees is a fun and scientifically correct introduction and guide to different species of bees and their characteristics. Author (and conservation biologist) Vanessa Amaral-Rogers has written an engaging and colorful book aimed at younger readers, but with enough DIY and good ideas to get the entire family (or school) involved.
Due out 19th March 2019 on Quarto's Leaping Hare imprint, it's 48 pages and available in hardcover format.
This would make a superlative supportive text for classroom use, or a great gift for a young person. I also liked that the author included a section about other pollinators, including bats, birds, and lizards.
Really colorful and appealing book, 4 stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
March 17, 2019
I've been trying to learn more about what I can do to help the bees. As I learn, I teach my grandchildren and neighbor children what bees do for us and how important they are to everyone. I've been planting bee gardens and using fewer chemicals that affect them. I now know so much more that I can incorporate into my gardening and yard care that will not harm bees and help them do their job. A great family friendly book that can easily be used for teaching and learning. If more people would read books like this, bees would have a better chance at survival.
March 19, 2019
With the Bee population on the decline, the world may begin to change for the worse, even more so than it already has. Love Bees is a way to help rebuild their population, and maybe if everyone does what this book says, help the planet in a major way. Inside this book is an easy to follow, though directed towards children, very informative book that benefits everyone who reads it. So what are you waiting for? The bee population won't fix itself.
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February 27, 2019
Richly Detailed ~ Clear ~ Informative
tl;dr: Bees need us, and this book explains what we need to do.
This book is a wonderful resource for everyone, children and adults alike. The all-ages text explains the situation with bees in a clear manner, but also, most importantly, offers concrete steps to help with this problem. The text is particularly strong, with specific actionable steps. The illustrations are useful, and detailed. Some passages of the visuals are really lovely, while others feel out of scale with the text. But, overall, this book would be great for families as well for schools.
4.5
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Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
tl;dr: Bees need us, and this book explains what we need to do.
This book is a wonderful resource for everyone, children and adults alike. The all-ages text explains the situation with bees in a clear manner, but also, most importantly, offers concrete steps to help with this problem. The text is particularly strong, with specific actionable steps. The illustrations are useful, and detailed. Some passages of the visuals are really lovely, while others feel out of scale with the text. But, overall, this book would be great for families as well for schools.
4.5
Seema Rao Write : Instagram| Blog| Twitter|
Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
September 21, 2019
Fantastic book geared towards kids to teach them all about bees and why they are so important to us. This book goes into exploring bees and their habitats in a very positive way. Would be great as a reference in a classroom or library.
May 31, 2019
Love Bees by Vanessa Amaral-Rogers teaches kids about the value of bees to the planet, and to humanity. Different types of bees are covered, along with bee behaviours and habitats. I must say I had no idea there were purple bees! There are plenty of cool facts, too. Such as, vanilla in Madagascar & Indonesia is pollinated by hand! And the ancient Egyptians floated beehives down the Nile so crops would get pollinated all along the river. Children can learn to make bee homes and plant bee-friendly gardens. Other activities are included throughout that are bee-adjacent, like making a wildflower collage- from flowers you see bees buzzing around. I read this with my cubs and we all enjoyed it. I love bees. I'd keep an apiary if I could! Both the photography and drawings are just lovely. Perfect for classrooms, or personal libraries of nature-minded kids.
***Many thanks to Netgalley and Quarto Publishing for providing an egalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.
***Many thanks to Netgalley and Quarto Publishing for providing an egalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.
May 8, 2019
I love this guide to bees of all sorts, from honeybees to violet solitary bees, plasterers and papermakers. Enjoy the lavishly illustrated pages, colourful and artistic. The process of pollination is simply explained with other uses for bees, such as honey, following. We learn how hives work and how solitary bees help us too.
A family, a school nature class, Guides and Scouts and any visitor centre for a location that promotes pollinator-friendly ideas or keeps bees, would love this book. As I downloaded an ARC I am not sure how well the stickers and games would be received but well done for including them and making the book more useful and approachable.
Have fun, learn and enjoy looking at the lively art.
I downloaded an ARC from Net Galley. This is an unbiased review.
A family, a school nature class, Guides and Scouts and any visitor centre for a location that promotes pollinator-friendly ideas or keeps bees, would love this book. As I downloaded an ARC I am not sure how well the stickers and games would be received but well done for including them and making the book more useful and approachable.
Have fun, learn and enjoy looking at the lively art.
I downloaded an ARC from Net Galley. This is an unbiased review.
April 7, 2019
I can not say enough good things about this book! The illustrations and information is wonderful. It covers all the different types of bees and how they are important to our environment. This is definitely a book to have in your library.
June 27, 2019
Beautifully illustrated so vibrant and colourful. Jam packed full of information but fun for the children and educates them (and us) on the varieties, their habitats and wildlife around them. Definitely a book to get for a family.
April 19, 2019
A great book for those who love animals, nature, and want to know more about bees. A great source to introduce yourself and kids to them. A variety of information shown in a great way.
May 30, 2025
A buzzing family guide
Love Bees by Vanessa Amaral-Rogers is more than just a children’s book - it’s a vibrant, hands-on guide for the whole family to become bee advocates. With playful graphics, fun activities, and an empowering tone, this book turns complex environmental concerns into something tangible and hopeful for young readers. From learning about different types of bees and their roles in ecosystems to understanding pollination and food production, the book covers a lot but always in a voice that feels approachable and energetic.
What sets this guide apart is its interactive spirit. Readers aren’t just told why bees matter - they’re invited to take action. Whether it’s planting bee-friendly flowers, building a bee hotel, or even staging a bee-themed play, the suggestions are as diverse as they are doable. And the inclusion of games, quizzes, stickers, and even a fold-out bee poster makes this feel more like a treasured workbook than a traditional nonfiction book. It’s designed to be used, loved, and returned to again and again.
Visually, the book is buzzing with bold colors and cheerful design. The illustrations strike a wonderful balance between informative and fun, appealing to kids while also educating adults along the way. As someone who often chooses color palettes that reinforce emotion and theme, I admire how Love Bees uses yellow and green tones not only to mimic nature but to radiate warmth and optimism. It’s a fantastic resource for classrooms, home libraries, or anyone curious about what they can do to help bees and the world around them thrive.
Love Bees by Vanessa Amaral-Rogers is more than just a children’s book - it’s a vibrant, hands-on guide for the whole family to become bee advocates. With playful graphics, fun activities, and an empowering tone, this book turns complex environmental concerns into something tangible and hopeful for young readers. From learning about different types of bees and their roles in ecosystems to understanding pollination and food production, the book covers a lot but always in a voice that feels approachable and energetic.
What sets this guide apart is its interactive spirit. Readers aren’t just told why bees matter - they’re invited to take action. Whether it’s planting bee-friendly flowers, building a bee hotel, or even staging a bee-themed play, the suggestions are as diverse as they are doable. And the inclusion of games, quizzes, stickers, and even a fold-out bee poster makes this feel more like a treasured workbook than a traditional nonfiction book. It’s designed to be used, loved, and returned to again and again.
Visually, the book is buzzing with bold colors and cheerful design. The illustrations strike a wonderful balance between informative and fun, appealing to kids while also educating adults along the way. As someone who often chooses color palettes that reinforce emotion and theme, I admire how Love Bees uses yellow and green tones not only to mimic nature but to radiate warmth and optimism. It’s a fantastic resource for classrooms, home libraries, or anyone curious about what they can do to help bees and the world around them thrive.
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