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The Thing About Bees

By Shabazz Larkin

A great way to introduce students to pollination and the need for bees while addressing any fears young children may have about getting stung. 

"Sometimes bees can be a bit rude.
They fly in your face and prance on your food."

And yet… without bees, we might not have strawberries for shortcakes or avocados for tacos!

Shabazz Larkin’s The Thing About Bees is a Norman Rockwell-inspired Sunday in the park, a love poem from a father to his two sons, and a tribute to the bees that pollinate the foods we love to eat. Children are introduced to different kinds of bees, “how not to get stung,” and how the things we fear are often things we don’t fully understand.