What an informative and fun book! While it’s definitely on a level children can understand, I can think of few adults who will not also learn a great deal from it. Science is fun when reading this book and I recommend it for every library with a children’s section, including those at home.

I honestly loved the information this book held. It’s perfect for young minds to get an insight on bees day to day life. Which I find highly important at a young age, so they can really appreciate honey bees as they get older, and hopefully help in stopping the loss in the bee population.

The illustrations in this book went perfectly with this title. I highly suggest getting this book for a younger one.

*received for free from netgalley for honest review* i LOVE this book!! going to have to buy this for sure, its too cute and has so much info!

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I really enjoyed this! Wish maybe it was slightly longer and had some more specific facts about how to help the bees, or some more explanations on how Bees live, but overall really good! Would really recommend using this with younger children when learning about bees! I also wish the narrator was a bit more present because I thought it was so cute and although some of the paragraphs do make it clear that there is a narrator, I wish it was more clear! That would just be me nitpicking tho!

Jam packed with information about bees, sure to satisfy any bee lover's curiosity. Because of all of the information on each page, I think this book will be much more enjoyable in print rather than a digital copy.

Get a few short stories placed throughout. A visual book with a lot to take in but with easy sentences to give information.

A very informative and entertaining science book about bees. It describes their secret life. With the help of wonderful illustrations. It is very intresting to know so many facts about secret life of the bees. It is simple and engaging. Definitely recommend.

In The Secret Life of Bees, an absolutely adorable bee with a bowtie named Buzzwing gives a tour of his life including his life cycle, anatomy, stories from around the world, how honey is made, and how beekeepers do their work. The illustrations are super cute and each topic is short with only a couple pages, so it can be read in pieces. This book was very informative for how short it was. For example, I, a 27 year old who pays taxes, did not know that bees don’t actually buzz - it’s just the sound of the air being vibrated by their wings! Definitely worthwhile for anyone who would like to learn a little more about bees.

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I loved this book so much! The illustrations are beautiful and I think it is well written! I loved that is was detailed and included many facts and stories.

Thank you Quarto Publishing Group - words and pictures and NetGalley for this ARC!

Such a cute book about bees! It's a little long for my babies at this time but we'll definitely revisit it in the future. One thing that stood out the most to me besides the beautiful illustrations was the diversity in the characters throughout the book. That is something I really look for when selecting books for my children to read.

This was a gorgeous book filled with lots of facts about bees. But it was much longer and more detailed than I expected. So, I wouldn’t recommend for very young children.

This non-fiction book on bees comes with beautiful illustrations and is great for all ages to learn more about bees. While the language isn't too difficult, it does read like a textbook so younger kids may need an adult to help guide them, but it includes fun activities like finding hidden images on the page that kids would definitely appreciate. In addition to learning facts about bees, it also includes fun stories like a Greek myth about how honeybees got their color. Overall, this short book is packed with interesting information on the lives of bees, fun tales, and a few activities for kids interspersed throughout! I would definitely recommend this to people of all ages looking to learn more about the interesting lives of bees.

Title: Secret Life of Bees
Author: Moira Butterfield
Illustrator: Vivian Mineker
Genre: Children’s Non-Fiction
Pages: 48
Publication Date: 5/11/2021

The Secret Life of Bees is a delightful non-fiction children’s book geared at ages 5-10. The book is a bit of a variety book covering multiple topics about bees like different types, where they live, how hives function and what bees do during the winter.

Cover: The cover is colorful and inviting.

Age Appropriate: This children’s non-fiction book has multiple sentences per page meaning it would be more appropriate for slightly older children (school age). Younger children may enjoy some of the book if they had an adult to explain to them.

Narrative: The book covers multiple topics. I learned a ton from this children’s non-fiction book like why beekeeper’s wear white (it soothes the bees) and that smoke is calming to the bees. I also enjoyed that there were little activities for small readers on each page like to find an illustrated lizard.

Representation: I loved that the author decided to incorporate folklore into the book and talk about how bees influenced different cultures such as Thai, Aboriginal and India.

Illustrations: The illustrations in this book are gorgeous with the bees being a vibrant black and yellow. I did find that there was a lot of text on every page. I would have loved to see the book be a couple pages longer and have better text/illustration balance.

I would strongly recommend this book for the small science lover in your life and for classroom libraries. If you end up reading it to a child, I guarantee you will learn some fun facts about bees.

ARC provided to me by words & pictures, via Net Galley, in exchange for an honest review.

This book is brilliant in its simplicity, and very educational. Perfect for the classroom and school library. I loved this, as did my children.

Cute illustrations made me choose this book, about one of world's animals that I am scared to getting to close to. With stories around the world I've never heard before about how people see bees, makes this book way more interesting. Not to mention that these insects that gave us the good, yummy and healthy honey are such a mystery to most of us, mostly to kids who love the dripping sweets of the bees' work. A good book to own in your library, in case the children are curious enough to ask about this not-always-yellow being.

I cannot tell you how much I loved these illustrations! Beyond adorable and so detailed!
The information was so fun to read with my third-oldest, who is a Wild Kratts devotee! Can't wait to purchase this for our home library!

There is so much to know about bees and this book does an amazing job of teaching us all about these creatures. I love the art, the playful nature of the information (there is a bee who tells you all about the life of bees), and the art.

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

The Secret Life of Bees is an absolutely adorable children's book that is both educational and fun.
In this book we meet Buzzwing who guides us through the book, educating us on different things such as types of bees, types of honey, bee homes, bee predators and much much more.
I found this book fascinating and learnt afew things I didn't already know too.
I loved the folk tales that were told in this book too and think children will really enjoy reading them or being read them.
This is a must have book for all shelves and I will be getting myself a physical copy as soon as I can.

A truly wonderful book about all you need to know about Bees ..with well crafted beautiful illustrations, facts and even folk atkes which are from all over the world are well spaced out throughout the book.
A bee named Buzzwing tells us about her world...the way it's been described it doesn't feel overwhelming or boring at all.
All topics which can be associated with bees are covered here like types of bees, anatomy, structure of hive, honey making process and even beekeeping. These are described in great depth.
There are also activities where kids are asked to find a hidden animals on that page.
Not only my daughter but even I thoroughly enjoyed this book. . There were so many things which wasn't aware of!
Thank you Netgalley and Quatro publishing group for this arc in exchange for my honest opinion.

Wow! This book is packed with facts about bees, honey, and hives, told through a brilliant and unique combination of endearing illustrations and well-thought-out text in the form of short stories, poems, and more.