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4) Amazing bees
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Explores why bees are so important for the environment, for flowers, farmers, and the whole ecosystem. Discusses how bees pollinate flowers and make honey.
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Picture Books for Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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A young boy bonds with his beloved abuela over a love of Spanish.
6) Bees
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This book introduces readers to the unique features of bees. Basic information is covered, such as anatomy, life cycle, habitat, range, diet, and how bees make honey.
7) The bee tree
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To teach his grandaughter the value of books a grandfather leads a growing crowd in search of the tree where the bees keep all their honey.
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"In the spirit of Station Eleven and Never Let Me Go, this dazzling and ambitious literary debut follows three generations of beekeepers from the past, present, and future, weaving a spellbinding story of their relationship to the bees--and to their children and one another--against the backdrop of an urgent, global crisis. England, 1852. William is a biologist and seed merchant, who sets out to build a new type of beehive--one that will give both...
12) Honeybees
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This photo-illustrated book describes honeybees and tells how they make honey.
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"Whether they live alone or together, in a hive or in a hole in the ground, bees do some of the most important work on the planet: pollinating plants. [This book] celebrates the magic of bees--from swarming to dancing to making honey--and encourages readers to do their part to keep the hives alive"--Amazon.com.
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"Apples, blueberries, peppers, cucumbers, coffee, and vanilla. Do you like to eat and drink? Then you might want to thank a bee. Bees pollinate 75 percent of the fruits, vegetables, and nuts grown in the United States. Around the world, bees pollinate $24 billion worth of crops each year. Without bees, humans would face a drastically reduced diet. We need bees to grow the foods that keep us healthy. But numbers of bees are falling, and that has scientists...
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Books by Carole Boston Weatherford
Picture Books for Black History Month
VSBA 2024-20245-- Intermediate Nominees
Picture Books for Black History Month
VSBA 2024-20245-- Intermediate Nominees
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A true story of determination and groundbreaking achievement follows eighth grade African American spelling champion MacNolia Cox, who left Akron, Ohio, in 1936 to compete in the prestigious National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., only to be met with prejudice and discrimination.
19) Bees up close
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Presents information about the life cycle, anatomy, diet, and habitat of bees. Details the different types of bees in a hive such as the queen bee, drone bee, and worker bee as well as the ecological importance of bees. Includes up-close color photographs, a glossary, and an online resource.
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beekeeping has all the information a beginning beekeeper needs to know to start a hive and keep it buzzing. Expert beekeepers Dean Stiglitz and Laurie Herboldsheimer, owners of Golden Rule Honey, take readers step by step through the entire process, from information on the inhabitants of a hive and how it works to collecting bees, keeping them healthy, raising a queen, harvesting honey and wax, and storing hives for the...