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The Honeybee by Kirsten Hall is a delightful children's book that takes readers on a vibrant journey through the life of a honeybee. With colourful illustrations and rhythmic text, it explores the crucial role honeybees play in pollination, offering a heartwarming celebration of nature's teamwork and the beauty of the natural world.
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You might enjoy this enchanting children's book if you are captivated by the world of honeybees and love rhythmic storytelling paired with gorgeous illustrations. It’s a delightful exploration of how bees work together, making it perfect for young readers fascinated by nature's small yet vital creatures.

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Buzz from flower to flower with a sweet honeybee in this timely, clever, and breathtakingly gorgeous picture book from critically acclaimed author Kirsten Hall and award-winning illustrator Isabelle Arsenault.

Bzzz…

What’s that? Do you hear it? You’re near it. It’s closer, it’s coming, it’s buzzing, it’s humming…

A BEE!

With zooming, vibrant verse by Kirsten Hall and buzzy, beautiful illustrations by Isabelle Arsenault, this celebration of the critically important honeybee is a honey-sweet treasure of a picture book.

Series: Honeybee and Friends

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Kirsten Hall's The Honeybee receives praise for its charming, engaging text and superb illustrations by Isabelle Arsenault. Critics highlight the book's ability to delight and educate young readers, blending vibrant rhymes with informative content about honeybees. Arsenault's mixed-media illustrations, characterised by vibrant and muted colours, enhance the narrative, perfectly balancing artistic splendour with factual storytelling.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781481469975

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 14 June 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Illustration: 5C jkt (fx: emboss, spot gritty lam, spot gloss on uncoated)+5C int. ill. (uncoated); digital

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 222.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 506g

Pages: 48

About the Author

Kirsten Hall is a former preschool and elementary school teacher who has authored more than a hundred learn-to-read stories for emergent readers. Today, she is the founder and owner of a boutique children’s book illustration and literary agency, Catbird Productions. Hall is the author of the picture books The MonarchThe Gold Leaf, and The Jacket, which was a New York Times Notable Book in 2014.

Isabelle Arsenault is an internationally renowned children’s book illustrator whose work has won many awards and much praise from critics. Her books include Virginia Wolf by Kyo Maclear, Cloth Lullaby by Amy Novesky, The Monarch by Kirsten Hall, and Jane, the Fox, and Me by Fanny Britt, which was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book. The poetry expressed through Isabelle Arsenault’s graphic universe, the gentleness of her lines, and the overall charm of her books have made her one of Quebec’s best-known and most esteemed illustrators. Visit Isabelle online at IsabelleArsenault.com.

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