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Barton, Bethany

Give Bees a Chance

40 pp. | Viking | April, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-670-01694-5 $16.99

(2) K-3 Cartoon (human) boy Edgar definitely doesn't like bees. The (offstage) narrator makes the case for bees' importance, turning facts and figures into an approachable pro-bee argument. Topics covered range from anatomy basics to what beekeepers do. Illustrations combine marker-like sketches of emotive bees and people with cheerful background splashes and scribbles of color. Endpapers contain more-detailed and accurate images of bee species.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2017