Let's Be Bees

By Shawn Harris

Book Overview

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 Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
One of Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books
A Booklist Editor's Choice: Books for Youth
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A CALIBA Golden Poppy Finalist

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823457095
• ISBN13: 9780823457090
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Neal Porter Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Let's be artists!

The choice to use beeswax crayons and Mr Harris's hope that the book might inspire you to pick up a crayon were evident and successful. My 2, 5, and 7 year old all enjoyed and engaged with it. A great read aloud.