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 Kaia and the bees
 Author: Boelts, Maribeth

 Publisher:  Candlewick Press (2020)

 Classification: Easy
 Physical Description: [34] p., col. ill., 23 x 25 cm

 BTSB No: 130037 ISBN: 9781536201055
 Ages: 4-8 Grades: K-3

 Subjects:
 Honeybees -- Fiction
 Beekeeping -- Fiction
 Family life -- Fiction
 Fear -- Fiction

Price: $21.88

Summary:
The story of a girl who tries to overcome her fear of bees to see how amazing they are.

 Illustrator: Dominguez, Angela


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Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: LG
   Reading Level: 2.70
   Points: .5   Quiz: 509676

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (01/01/20)
   Booklist (03/01/20)
 The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (A) (00/03/20)
 The Hornbook (00/05/20)

Full Text Reviews:

Booklist - 03/01/2020 While Kaia boasts that she’s brave, even “furry-spider-in-the-basement brave,” she is afraid of bees. Though her father reads about bees, talks about them, and keeps hives on their apartment building’s roof, Kaia screams when a bee lands on her arm. Determined to overcome her fear, she suits up as a beekeeper and helps Dad locate the queen bee in a hive. When Kaia is stung, it’s a setback. Still, when it’s time to harvest the honey, she helps in the kitchen. And when two bees find their way indoors, she lifts the window to let them escape and waves goodbye. Now she’s ready to brave the hives again. The colored-pencil illustrations, digitally enhanced, portray a biracial family in a friendly urban neighborhood and highlight Kaia's feelings. Kids will relate to Kaia’s fear and her determination to be brave. Although she understands bees’ importance in the environment and knows that she has her father’s support, she finds courage only when she begins to consider the bees’ viewpoint. An introduction to bees emerges through the natural-sounding dialogue in this expressive picture book. - Copyright 2020 Booklist.

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