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Let's Be Bees

by Shawn Harris Publisher: NEAL PORTER BOOKS

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Make-believe in full buzz

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    CALIBA Golden Poppy Finalist

    Golden Poppy Award finalist.

  • Editorial selection

    Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books

    Selected for one of Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books.

AlbakiReads Editorial

Make-believe in full buzz

A father and child turn their play into a series of imaginative transformations, becoming bees, trees, and more. Funny sounds and playful language help bring the pretend world into the room, making shared participation part of the book’s premise. The bold crayon illustrations add a visual counterpart to the make-believe. The focus stays on the fun of inventing together, with an everyday grown-up-and-child relationship as the starting point.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 who enjoy imaginative play and make-believe.
  • Families and caregivers looking for a read-aloud that invites children to join in with sounds.
  • Fans of Shawn Harris’s picture books.

Themes

Imagination and make-believePlay between child and grown-upShared storytelling

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Book overview

Father and child become buzzing bees, rustling trees, and more in this delightful make-believe romp from Caldecott Honor winner Shawn Harris.

The only thing better than playing make believe is playing make believe with your favorite grown-up! Especially when that grown-up's imagination is as big as yours, and you both get to make all kinds of funny sounds.

Fans of Shawn Harris's Caldecott Honor-winning debut Have You Ever Seen a Flower? and illustrations in the Newbery Medal-winning The Eyes and the Impossible will find a new instant favorite in Let's Be Bees. With bright, bold crayon illustrations, lilting, rhythmic words, and endless fodder for playing along, this is a read aloud guaranteed to bring on the giggles and requests to do it all again.

A Smithsonian Magazine Best Children's Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
One of Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books
A Booklist Editor's Choice: Books for Youth
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A CALIBA Golden Poppy Finalist
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