The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Huber, Raymond

Flight of the Honey Bee

32 pp. | Candlewick | September, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-6760-3 $16.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Brian Lovelock. As the hive prepares for winter, worker bee Scout embarks on a food-foraging expedition, searching for enough nectar and pollen to survive. Huber's simple but dynamic language hums with an avian vibrancy. In Lovelock's watercolor, acrylic ink, and colored-pencil illustrations, splattered dots represent pollen and hailstones; textured brushstrokes convey flight patterns, vibrating wings, and pelting rain. A satisfying early science book. Ind.

Reviewer: Jill Leibowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2013