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sparklelys's review against another edition
Beautifully paced, auditorily delightful.
carolineinthelibrary's review against another edition
4.0
This picture book details the life of a honeybee through the seasons. A great introduction to what honeybees do and how they make honey!
lattelibrarian's review against another edition
4.0
"Tiny honey cells are capped. Liquid gold is sealed and trapped. And only when it's needed most--a hungry day--will these vaults be tapped."
Anything with Isabelle Arsenault's illustrations becomes instantly beautiful. Her drawings immediately match Kirsten Hall's poetry, filled with onomatopoeias, rhymes, and utmost imagination. Together, the poem and illustrations create for us an understanding of how bees make their honey, from early spring through fall. They must collect pollen and nectar and rest and store, not to mention doing a dance to let their friends know where the best pollen is!
Overall, a sweet and beautiful book about some of nature's best bugs.
Anything with Isabelle Arsenault's illustrations becomes instantly beautiful. Her drawings immediately match Kirsten Hall's poetry, filled with onomatopoeias, rhymes, and utmost imagination. Together, the poem and illustrations create for us an understanding of how bees make their honey, from early spring through fall. They must collect pollen and nectar and rest and store, not to mention doing a dance to let their friends know where the best pollen is!
Overall, a sweet and beautiful book about some of nature's best bugs.
dawnoftheread's review against another edition
5.0
Both joyous and informative, this lovely book makes me feel both happy and hopeful.
zephyrinerouseaux's review against another edition
4.0
A short and sweet educational easy reader, The Honeybee boasts beautiful illustrations and fun, jaunty rhymes to teach little ones about our honeybee’s work cycle from the fresh buzz of the morning to the hard work and patience for nectar to form into honey. My little readers enjoyed :)
kgtaylor's review against another edition
4.0
"The Honeybee"'s use of vibrant colors and winding images makes for lovely and beautiful illustrations. This book also has informational pages at the end with facts about honeybees that were discussed throughout the book.
jessalynn_librarian's review against another edition
4.0
June 2018 - gorgeous illustrations and fun to read aloud.
tami_provencher's review against another edition
2.0
The Honeybee is a picture book that tries to detail the annual cycle for a honeybee. The illustrations have a watercolor feel without the washed-out effect that can sometimes happen with that medium. Everything is in shades of yellow set off by dark black and occasional pinks, which definitely stresses the topic of the book (black and yellow being associated with bees) and carries it consistently throughout.
The best rhyming texts for me are those that combine the specificity of word choice, vocabulary, the sound of the words aloud and the meaning of the words. This text begins promisingly with natural rhymes and a comfortable rhythm. Unfortunately that only lasts for the first few pages. Then the rhymes start to become forced, which throws off the rhythm of the words and creates an uncomfortable dissonance between the narrative and the content. The author tries too hard to force the nonfiction facts she wants to convey into a rhyming format and the result is that neither is successful.
By itself The Honeybee has neither the characters or structure for a narrative story nor enough clear, comprehensible exposition to explain pollination, different roles within the hive or the process by which 'nectar' is converted to honey. It could definitely be used as an springboard for or accompaniment to a unit on honeybees or pollination but it is ineffective and incomplete on its own.
The best rhyming texts for me are those that combine the specificity of word choice, vocabulary, the sound of the words aloud and the meaning of the words. This text begins promisingly with natural rhymes and a comfortable rhythm. Unfortunately that only lasts for the first few pages. Then the rhymes start to become forced, which throws off the rhythm of the words and creates an uncomfortable dissonance between the narrative and the content. The author tries too hard to force the nonfiction facts she wants to convey into a rhyming format and the result is that neither is successful.
By itself The Honeybee has neither the characters or structure for a narrative story nor enough clear, comprehensible exposition to explain pollination, different roles within the hive or the process by which 'nectar' is converted to honey. It could definitely be used as an springboard for or accompaniment to a unit on honeybees or pollination but it is ineffective and incomplete on its own.