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Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth

A Taste of Honey

40 pp. | Winslow | April, 2001 | Trade ISBN 1-890817-51-1 $$15.95

(4) K-3 A bear asks her father where honey comes from, insisting at each response, "Before that?" until he's traced it back to the bees that produced it. Though the inquisitive bear's questions echo those of young children, the device confusingly presents the process in reverse order. Wallace's uncluttered cut-paper collages of bee-keeping bears illustrate this story, while concise sidebars add further information. A game and "honey facts" are appended.

Reviewer: Erica L. Stahler