These Bees Count! - (These Things Count!) by Alison Formento (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>How do bees count? The bees at the Busy Bee Farm buzz through the sky as one big swarm, fly over two waving dandelions, and find three wild strawberries dripping tasty nectar. As the children in Mr. Tate's class listen, they learn how bees work to produce honey and make food and flowers grow. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>How do bees count? The bees at the Busy Bee Farm buzz through the sky as one big swarm, fly over two waving dandelions, find three wild strawberries dripping tasty nectar...As the children in Mr. Tate's class listen, they learn how bees work to produce honey and make food and flowers grow. Bees count--they're important to us all. Alison Formento's gentle message is illustrated with Sarah Snow's bright, realistic papercuts.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><strong>A 2013 Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner<br /> A 2013 CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People</strong></p><br><br><p>Formento's fresh, crisp digital images bring visual variety to the message about the importance of bees in food chains.--<em>Publishers Weekly</em></p><br><br><p>The adventures of this multicultural class of kids are sure to interest readers, and Snow makes it easy to identify and count the items in the pictures. After learning all about how bees count, readers will be counting on Mr. Tate's class to give them another environmental armchair trip.--<em>Kirkus Reviews</em></p><br><br><p>The collage illustrations are a delight, featuring an inviting landscape of fields and flowers...The sense of texture in the pictures is palpable to the point that one is almost surprised to find that the paper is flat and smooth.--<em>School Library Journal</em></p><br><br><p>With a light, informative narrative and pleasant digital-collage artwork, this picture book offers an engaging introduction to bees.--<em>Booklist</em></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Alison Formento grew up in Arkansas and now lives in New Jersey with her husband, two kids, a dog, and a few fish. She's climbed trees, camped under them, and planted some, too. Alison enjoys hiking in the woods, where it's always fun to count trees. She also loves jumping rope, which helps shake out a lot of ideas. Her first book was This Tree Counts. She can be found on the internet at www.alisonashleyformento.com. Sarah Snow is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. She is a collage artist who works combining found papers, acrylics, and watercolor. She now lives in the beautiful Hudson Valley with three cute boys and a view.
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