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A 2013 Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner
A 2013 CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
In this counting story, Mr. Tate's class takes a field trip to a bee farm and learns about bees and how they make honey.
How do bees count? The bees at the Busy Bee Farm buzz through the sky as one big swarm, fly over two waving dandelions, find three wild strawberries dripping tasty nectar...As the children in Mr. Tate's class listen, they learn how bees work to produce honey and make food and flowers grow. Bees count--they're important to us all. Alison Formento's gentle message is illustrated with Sarah Snow's bright, realistic papercuts.
Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 2-During a trip to Busy Bee Farm, Mr. Tate and his students don protective gear and learn how the insects produce honey and pollinate plants. This exquisitely illustrated offering merges fact and fancy as the bees zip into the air and buzz a rhythmic counting song while visiting a plethora of spring-hued blooms. (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
The sequel to This Tree Counts! follows Mr. Tate's class on a field trip to an apiary. Like its predecessor, the story is anchored by a counting poem, in this case one that imagines gathering pollen from a bee's-eye view ("We find three wild strawberries bursting with sweetness./ Four apple blossoms tickle us with soft petals") and shows that many flowering plants depend on bees. Decked out in beekeeper suits, the students learn from the friendly apiary workers about how bees make honey and how it is extracted from combs. Formento's fresh, crisp digital images bring visual variety to the message about the importance of bees in food chains. An afterword provides additional information and discusses colony collapse disorder. Ages 4-7. Agent: Courtney Miller-Callihan, Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. Illustrator's agent: Libby Snow, Artist Representative. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book Review
On a field trip to Farmer Ellens Busy Bee Farm, Mr. Tate's class, after donning protective gear, learns how bees collect pollen and nectar, what they do in their beehives, and how honey is extracted. In the midst of this narrative, the children extract a rather gratuitous counting lesson from the bees buzzing through the farm. Bright collage-style illustrations suit the mood well. (c) Copyright 2012. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
This Tree Counts! 2010) as the environmentally aware Mr. Tate takes his class on a field trip to Busy Bee Farm. As in their previous text, counting has a dual purpose, with "1, 2, 3" taking a backseat to education. This time, Farmer Ellen helps the children suit up in beekeeping gear, then teaches the class about bees, apiaries and pollination. She encourages the children to listen to the bees' buzz about their work: "We find three wild strawberries bursting with sweetness. / Four apple blossoms tickle us with soft petals." Readers learn along with the class how bees transform nectar into honey and how that honey is extracted. A final author's note goes into more detail about the vital importance of honeybees to agriculture, as well as telling readers more fascinating facts about bees, including their dances, their hierarchy within the hive and the jobs they do. A final paragraph mentions colony collapse disorder. The digital look of the illustrations detracts slightly, catching readers between the nature theme of the text and the rather sterilized artwork. Still, the adventures of this multicultural class of kids are sure to interest readers, and Snow makes it easy to identify and count the items in the pictures. After learning all about how bees count, readers will be counting on Mr. Tate's class to give them another environmental armchair trip. (Picture book. 4-7)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
In this sequel to This Tree Counts! (2010), Mr. Tate's class takes a field trip to Busy Bee Farm. Wearing protective suits, the children learn about bees and visit their hives. After watching them fly about the fields, trees, and garden, the students examine honeycombs and hear about honey production. A concluding page offers more information about honeybees. Written from the bees' point of view, the picture book's fanciful center section includes a little counting practice, with numbers from 1 to 10. With a light, informative narrative and pleasant digital-collage artwork, this picture book offers an engaging introduction to bees.--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2010 Booklist