The Honeybee Man

The Honeybee Man

Written by Lela Nargi and Kyrsten Brooker

Illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker

Published by Schwartz & Wade Books

Copyright 2011

40 pages

Fiction

The Honeybee Man is a book about a man who has honeybees. He visits the bee houses in the morning and greets the bees while they are working in their hives. He dreams about how the honey will taste. He releases his bees so they can gather nectar, and he gets honey from the bees to give to his neighbors.

Kyrsten Brooker used collage and oil paint to illustrate this book. The shades of yellow used in the book help depict the subject of the bees and honey. The warm colors give this book a cheerful feel. This is important because it depicts the bees as helpful, rather than harmful.

The Honeybee Man would be a good book to use in a third or fourth grade classroom. Some of the vocabulary in the book would be too difficult for students in earlier grades. This book could be used for a science lesson. The teacher could read it to her students and have them look up more facts about bees. This book could be used in a social studies lesson. The students could research countries that export honey. This book could also be used for a writing lesson. Students could write short stories about bees. The Honeybee Man won an award from the National Science Teachers’ Association, according to the publisher’s website.