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In Laurie Krebs\u2019s catchy rhyming picture book The Beeman<\/i> (Barefoot Books, 2008), a little boy describes the work of his grandfather, the town beekeeper. (\u201cHere is the queen bee\/Who does her job well\/and lays tiny eggs\/in a six-sided cell.\u201d) For ages 4-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-bee-tree-230x300.jpg\") <\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n Patricia Polacco\u2019s The Bee Tree<\/i> (Puffin, 1998) is a clever cumulative tale in which Mary Ellen and her Grampa search through the Michigan woods for a bee tree filled with honey. (There\u2019s also a nice lesson at the end about the benefits of reading.) For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/the-honeybee-man-271x300.jpg\") <\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n Lela Nargi\u2019s The Honeybee Man<\/i> (Schwartz & Wade, 2011) is the picture-book story of Fred, who keeps beehives on the rooftop of his apartment building in Brooklyn. Readers learn about the busy life inside the hive, the process of foraging for nectar, honey-making and honey harvest, and end with a neighborhood honey feast. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/big-city-bees-242x300.jpg\") <\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n The theme of Maggie de Vries\u2019s Big City Bees<\/i> (Greystone Books, 2013) is pollination. Sophie and Matthew have planted pumpkins in their city garden \u2013 but there\u2019s no chance of pumpkins if the blossoms aren\u2019t pollinated by bees. Are there bees in the city? And will the bees find their pumpkin patch in time? For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bees-in-the-city-203x300.jpg\") <\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n Brian McCallum and Alison Benjamin, Bees in the City<\/i> (Guardian Books, 2011) is an urban beekeeper\u2019s handbook, with accounts of beekeeping projects by schools, businesses, and communities, and how-tos for city environments.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | | | | | | | | |