Honeybee Rescue: a backyard drama by Loree Griffin Burns, photographs by Ellen Harasimowicz - ESSENTIAL

Honeybee Rescue: a backyard drama by Loree Griffin Burns, photographs by Ellen Harasimowicz. NON-FICTION PICTURE BOOK. Charlesbridge, $17. 9781623542399

BUYING ADVISORY: EL(K-3), EL - ESSENTIAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH

When Mr. Connery found that some of his bees had swarmed to a nearby rickety garage, he called Mr. Nelson, a local bee rescuer.  Together the two men worked over a long, hot day to transfer the honeycomb and the bees to new frames for a new hive box.

If I taught elementary school, I would snap this book up in a hot minute!  Bees are already intriguing and Burns’s book feels even more intimate.  My husband keeps bees and I am astounded that Mr. Nelson handles the bees as he does without a bee suit - this whole operation is so interesting.

The people in the photographs are white.

Cindy Mitchell, Library Teacher, MLS