Let's Be Bees

Father and child become buzzing bees, rustling trees, and more in this delightful make-believe romp from Caldecott Honor winner Shawn Harris.The only thing better than playing make believe is playing make believe with your favorite grown-up! Especially when that grown-up’s imagination is as big as yours, and you both get to make all kinds of funny sounds. Fans of Shawn Harris’s Caldecott Honor-winning debut Have You Ever Seen a Flower? and illustrations in the Newbery Medal-winning The Eyes and the Impossible will find a new instant favorite in Let’s Be Bees. With bright, bold crayon illustrations, lilting, rhythmic words, and endless fodder for playing along, this is a read aloud guaranteed to bring on the giggles and requests to do it all again.A Smithsonian Magazine Best Children’s Book of the YearA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearOne of Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best BooksA Booklist Editor’s Choice: Books for YouthA School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A CALIBA Golden Poppy Finalist Read more