Take to the sky with Apis, one honeybee, as she embarks on her journey
through life! Now available in paperback.
An Orbis Pictus Honor Book
Selected for the Texas Bluebonnnet Master List
Finalist for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science
Books
A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book
A tiny honeybee emerges through the wax cap of her cell. Driven to
protect and take care of her hive, she cleans the nursery and feeds the
larvae and the queen. But is she strong enough to fly? Not yet!
Apis builds wax comb to store honey, and transfers pollen from other
bees into the storage. She defends the hive from invaders. And finally,
she begins her new life as an adventurer.
The confining walls of the hive fall away as Apis takes to the air,
finally free, in a brilliant double-gatefold illustration where the
clear blue sky is full of promise-- and the wings of dozens of
honeybees, heading out in search of nectar to bring back to the hive.
Eric Rohmann's exquisitely detailed illustrations bring the great
outdoors into your hands in this poetically written tribute to the
hardworking honeybee. Award-winning author Candace Fleming describes the
life cycle of the honeybee in accessible, beautiful language. Similar in
form and concept to the Sibert and Orbis Pictus award book Giant Squid,
Honeybee also features a stunning gatefold and an essay on the plight
of honeybees.
A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews, NPR, Shelf Awareness,
School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly and more!
A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year
A Booklist Editor's Choice
