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Adorable story about bees with lots of colorful pictures that babies and toddlers will love. It's great to start teaching kids early about the importance of bees!

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Very cute and a simple way to introduce a little bit of nature into little ones lives. The artwork is cute and the words are very simple and easy to understand. A great little board book for a baby’s first library.

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Tales From Nature: Bee by Magali Attiogbé is a cute first look at bees for toddlers. The description states that it is a lid \-the-flap book because I received a digital copy to review, I was unable to see what is under the flap. However, experience has shown me that young children love finding these types of hidden pictures.

The text is simple but gives a first look at bees. The book covers what they look like and what they do; finding nectar and life in the hive. Not a lot of details on any one aspect of their lives. Perfectly aimed at a young thinker to begin to understand the world around them. The illustrations are cute but no actual photos of bee at the end. At least not in the digital copy.

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A lovely little book, my 3 year old enjoyed it however I think it is aimed at younger children than 3.. I would like to see if there is a whole series which would be a great gift.

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This book, the life cycle of bees, is intended for the very young. It is bright and colorful, and follows the life cycle, somewhat of a bee, and shows the queen, as well as the hive.

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This is a good introduction, to get kids get used to what the bees do.

True, it does not talk about their sting, but hopefully that will be something that the parents reading this to the child will say.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

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I just love this book. Not only is it beautifully illustrated, the information presented I. A way that's entertaining but also educational. I hope this book, once I buy it in physical form, with inspire my nephew to enjoy science and geography.

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An exceedingly short book, concerning facts about bees, which unfortunately fell down for me. It shows a bee coming back from a foraging trip for nectar, and vaguely mentions the making of honey, and the queen making babies, and even the waggle dance (lovely beer, mind you), but really fails to let the youngest of reader connect the dots. Right when we were told we were heading for a bee hive and it looked like a wasps' nest and not an actual man-made hive, I had my doubts. Apparently said hive is "well-protected" – well, with no stinger ever shown on these pages I have to worry. This is a case of reductio ad absurdum, where things have been pushed so far back to the basics on behalf of a very, VERY junior audience that they begin to lose any sense. I did wonder the worth of such a young audience being told such basics about ladybirds in the series' other title, but this makes me doubt the efficacy of such infantile nature books. There's little here a savvy parent could not convey more accurately.

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This is a refreshing series for toddlers and little people.
Tales from Nature: Bee. A simple insight into these busy, buzzy creatures we see and hear in our young lives. Now a colourful story book to bring the bee to the centre of our attemtion.
The illustrations are bright and entertaining with a touch of humour to keep everyone's attention.
Lots to talk about and make associations and links for tiny minds.
Where honey comes from? Laying eggs; protecting and working to keep home safe and why perhaps bees and other insects are important although thankfully cross pollunisation does not get a mention.
I could imagine my grandson sitting on my knee and listening to this simple tale; "again, Grandpa" and I can feel a smile on my face as I reach for the honey to put on my porridge.

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Thank you Netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This was a very cute book illustrating how bees make honey in a simple easy to understand way. Loved it!

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Bee is a very cute book for small children. The colorful pictures have a lovely retro touch and two or three sentences per spread describe the life and work of bees in child friendly language that is easily understood. A great book to teach children about nature!

Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing for a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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Bright and colourful simple tale about a bee. Great illustrations keep kids interested and shows the work bees doing the hive and collecting flowers , great for toddlers introducing them to nature

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

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An educational board book which teaches children about the life of a bee in a brief yet memorable way. Touches upon most aspects of the bees life, from gathering nectar to the queen laying eggs, but ends rather abruptly. Beautiful work with colour throughout, and we loved the quirky illustrations - my little girl was hooked, and I'm looking forward to reading more Tales From Nature with her in the future!

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A sweet, simple book with nice illustrations about bees that would be a perfect introduction for young kids around 2-3.

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This is a well done picture book for very little children. I have read better ones about the same subject but still it has nice pictures on it.

Questo é un bel libro sule api per bambini veramente piccoli, Ne ho letti di migliori, ma i disegnini fanno simpatia.

Thanks Netgalley for the preview!

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