Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Do You Know Me?: A Garden Guessing Game

by Anne Rockwell

Ladybug, ladybug do you know me? My thorns are prickly, but my blossoms are soft. I am a rose. This is a garden of a book--filled with the scents, textures, colors, and shapes of the first flowers young children notice. Featuring a striking design that pairs a vivid silk-screen illustration of a flower with a simple riddle. 00 Kansas Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award Masterlist

Genres: Picture Books, Storytime, Childrens, Nature, Gardening, Summer, Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Jolynne Dougherty · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one is an old favorite that I recognize from the cover. I didn't remember the title, author or illustrator's name when I wanted to read it for storytime, so when it came back to the library, I wanted to log it on Goodreads and have the title where I can find it easily. Each beautiful and clearly illustrated page has an insect on one side and a flower on the other. The many of the insects will be recognized - lady bug and bee, but children might be unfamiliar with june bugs and katydids. Roses and tulips will probably be familiar, but poppies and morning glories will offer new vocabulary. Wonderful chances to explore with children the flora and fauna around them.

[Debbie Reads]

So today was a long day of being an early childhood educator for me. Its I love to read month and children select books to read and we read them here's what was on my stack today! Cute garden book, I love bees so this kid really picked out a great stack for me (side note I lost my bee sticker from work today womp womp, at least I still had my penguin one)

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Each page shows a different insect and a different flower in rhyming text. Cute introduction to garden plants and bugs for preschoolers. Flowers like roses, tulips, daffodils and daisies as well as bugs like June Bugs, crickets and ladybugs are shown.

[Jennifer Kelley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this book for storytime, but I have to say I was surprised at how few children could recognize the different flowers, even the simple ones like tulips, daffodils, and daisies.

[Casandria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful and simple illustrations of types of flowers and bugs. But a bit slow for storytime.
Flowers
Gardening
Spring

[Heather · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bland but pairs well with planting a rainbow garden. Good for ages 4-7.

[Richelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book for kids to guess the different types of flowers.

[BiblioBeruthiel · Rating 2 out of 5]

flowers, not bugs

[Kelly · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was okay.

[Laura Hoekstra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Classic Anne Rockwell. Simple and fun summer read. Children guess common garden flowers and also learn about insects that hang out in the garden.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Used for Spring Storytime. Great review of colors & flowers. We sang I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee after reading.

[Kimberly]

1-2 sentences per page. Animals are asked if they know certain plants/flowers.

[Hendrix · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think I could find some of these flowers in grandma and nana’s gardens! 🌷🌹🌻🪻

[Vivian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Our two story time performers took turns giving clues and answers to the simple riddles in this book.

A different insect is featured with each riddle and the children were invited to name the insect and make its sound. For instance, a BUMBLEBEE introduces the DAFFODIL, a BUTTERFLY introduces the TULIP, a JUNE BUG introduces the IRIS, and so forth. The other bugs include a cricket, a ladybug, a spider, a leafhopper, a dragonfly, and a katydid. Other flowers are a poppy, a rose, zinnias, a morning glory, a lily, and a daisy. The grand finale` is a sunflower introduced by a child.

We stopped and sang EENSY WEENSY SPIDER on the spider/zinnia page for a WIGGLE BREAK.

We did a quick flower review with the children on the last page. The children had repeated the names of the flowers with us throughout the book. Books are such a wonderful source of VOCABULARY and learning about their world through books provides PRINT MOTIVATION for children -- both of which are pre-reading skills and indicators.

You can read more about this here: http://makewayforbooks.org/wordpress/... .

[Leila T. · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like it's a LITTLE bit weird how you don't have to turn a page/lift a flap to discover the answers to all the "riddles", but the illustrations are lovely, and I imagine it's a good way to learn the names of these flowers, especially if a floral garden isn't physically available on a daily basis.

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great read aloud picture book full of flowers and garden dwellers (bees, butterflies etc) that follows a pattern of asking readers to identify the specific types of flowers shown in the watercolor and gouache illustrations.

[Shaley Dunn · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book trying to get you to guess the flowers they are talking about. It would be very hard for someone if they knew nothing about flowers.

[Janae · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a cute Spring book that helps children learn the names of a variety of flowers (and helps the adult, too!).

[Beverly · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute flower guessing game with nice gouache and watercolor paintings. Good for story time.

[Janet · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lovely basic easy to comprehend guessing game to learn ten common garden flowers and ten common insects. Could be used through third grade.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

this would make a great extension activity. Each page describes a flower while the other side shows what it is.

[Kerry · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite book to use in a flower preschool story time. Great book for naming specific insects and flowers.

[Shelley · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great simple book to start a garden themed story time because it is a simple rhyme repeated for each flower...with a picture of that flower that you have to guess.

[Kristie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book in question and answer format.

[Gail · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 3.5 year old liked learning the names of the flowers in this book.