First let me say that there are so many places to find book recommendations but sometimes they can be hard to wade through. So here's my tip: use your library. We use ours all the time. L1 even has his own library card. The librarians are often a wealth of knowledge and can help you pick out a few books on whatever topic you are trying to explore.
Also, if you are having a hard time navigating the library with your little ones, many libraries have late hours so you can pop in after the kids are in bed. This will give you some time to read through the books and see if they are something you really want your kids reading, allowing you to parse out twaddle. Need more inspiration on how to use the library? Check out this fun podcast about using the library without losing your mind.
One of the first bee books we got from the library was The Bee Tree. L1 loved it. We read it over and over again. It is a fictional book about a little girl who decides that she wanted to go play and not read. Her grandfather decides to take her on a hunt for a bee tree. Along the way they meet a number of different locals who join in on the fun. We got this last year and ended up reading it so many times that I bought the book.
After our beekeeping class in January, I stumbled upon The Beeman. What an amazing gem! It is a rhyming book that covers every part of beekeeping on a very low level. Does it tell you how to keep bees? No. This book is for young kids. It explain the equipment, the different parts of the hive and talk about the bees themselves:
"Here is the queen bee, who does her job well, and lays tiny eggs in a six-sided cell."The boys just ate it up. The pictures are so simple and beautifully done. After the story there are small blurbs with more information on every aspect, not so much that it is overwhelming. When we first got the book out of the library L2 would sit for the story but wasn't too interested in the extra details in the back. After a couple of times, he wanted to read more about the bees.
The Life and Times of the Honeybee
was a recommendation from Amazon. It looked cute but I wasn't really sure if it was for me or the kids. I ordered it through the library and was pleasantly surprised.
L1 says it is full of short bee stories. It is more that each page spread is a separate section. They all flow together but each set of pages is a full "story" or article on its own. The book is completely nonfiction without being boring. The drawn pictures it the book a whimsical flare. As with The Beeman
the information is not overwhelming and is written in such a manner as to draw the reader in. L2 will sit and read this book. It has been a lot of fun and I have learned a lot. I haven't yet bought this book but I do think it would be worth adding to our library.
There you have it, our top three bee books for kids. If you have any other great recommendations, please share them with us.
And since we are a family who is always working on our house, the boys have always been interested in construction. Lately, I have been looking for some great engineering books to go with all their digger and dump books. I found a bunch of great STEM recommended books and checked them out of the library.
I was surprised to find that a lot of them were not geared towards 2-4 year olds as the different sites said. We did find two though that have captured our attention.
L1 says it is full of short bee stories. It is more that each page spread is a separate section. They all flow together but each set of pages is a full "story" or article on its own. The book is completely nonfiction without being boring. The drawn pictures it the book a whimsical flare. As with The Beeman
There you have it, our top three bee books for kids. If you have any other great recommendations, please share them with us.
And since we are a family who is always working on our house, the boys have always been interested in construction. Lately, I have been looking for some great engineering books to go with all their digger and dump books. I found a bunch of great STEM recommended books and checked them out of the library.
I was surprised to find that a lot of them were not geared towards 2-4 year olds as the different sites said. We did find two though that have captured our attention.
Rosie Revere, Engineer
The same author has another book Iggy Peck, Architect
The last book, On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein
There you have it, the books we are currently reading over and over again. Obviously there are others such as any of the Amazing Machines
What books can your kids not get enough of?
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