Well written factual book.
This book goes through the lifecycle of bees and how they progress through jobs to keep the hive going. Illustrations help the story and are clear. There are simple sentences for each 2-page spread along with more detail that could be skipped with children who have a shorter attention span. Well written, factual, and beautifully illustrated.

Age: 1-4th grade
Audience: school library, home library, classroom independent reading

This honest review was given in exchange for a NetGalley advanced reader ebook copy.

A fantastic book for children to understand honey bees, how they live, and how they help the environment we live in. There is a lot of great information to go with the beautiful artwork in this book. My husband and I both learned a lot that we didn't know about honey bees as well. This is such an important book at this time in our history with their numbers dwindling year after year. Honey bees play such a crucial role in our farming and agricultural industry. 10/10

What a great book about our lovely little bee friends. I love bees, they're such an underrated part of our world, and I love how this book informs you all about their lives and jobs with beautiful artwork to bring it all together

This is an awesome book. That lays out exactly how bees are born and do their jobs. The illustrations are fantastic and so very detailed.

Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me to read this great arc.

Such a sweet book. Read this to my 2 year old as she has a cold and she loved it. Informative but fun for a little one. We both loved the illustrations!

Thanks the NetGalley for the e-arc!

Beautifully illustrated non-fiction book about bees. I particularly liked the feature of using large font size for the main idea on the page, but also a paragraph of smaller text that gave additional details that readers could enjoy. Will definitely purchase for my library.

Fascinating story detailing the many roles of bees in a colony. Fun facts accompany each page. Delightful illustrations will keep children interested.

They Work is a beautifully illustrated picture book about honeybees. Each two-page spread has a couple sentences of larger text, and a paragraph or so of smaller text. The larger text could easily be read alone for younger kids, while the smaller text provides more detail for older kids. My kids enjoyed the story and learned a lot! However, the ending made no sense and felt abrupt.

Thank you to Familius for gifting my family with an ARC to review! All opinions are my own.

I loved this picture book about the life of honeybees. I learned so much! There was a good balance between text and pictures. The illustrations throughout the book were absolutely beautiful. I'm not sure if there is a good way to end the book, but the ending felt sort of incomplete. That being said I would definitely buy this book and I hope that it will be available in libraries. Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced reader copy.

Wonderful non-fiction books that covers the life of bees from larvae to the end. Kids will no doubt enjoy learning about all the different jobs that a bee has over their lifetime as well as the many things that they are capable of. This is definitely more of a reading together book I believe for the younger ones as their are a lot of words per page, however I believe 2nd grade+ should have little trouble reading it alone. It would be a great source for any project on honeybees as well.

They work is a beautiful nonfiction book by author June Smalls about the lives of honeybees.

I thought this book was beautifully illustrated. I love how the main story and small facts about honeybees on each page! Though the main audience for this book is children, I was able to learn some new things about honeybees as an adult. This book does a wonderful job of mixing educational and fun! I recommend this book if you or a child in your life are a bug or bee lover!

Thank you to Netgalley and Familius for an ARC of this book, in exchange for an honest review!

A spectacular book; perfect for the spring and summer. It informs young readers of the life cycle and behaviors of bees. Beautifully illustrated in a way that enhances the text and eases understanding. This book would be great as a read aloud for ages 6-8 and for independent reading ages 9-13. Perfect for school and classroom libraries.

Note for editor: as I received this as a digital ARC, please correct the misspelled “nectar” on 15 of 18.

Cute book! The information and focus point of this book is highly specific, and this will make the book appear to a highly specific audience. In other words, the audience interested in this book might be narrow. Bees aren't everyone's cup of tea. However, this book still does have a lot of potential. I personally am not a "bee person", but I still found myself learning a lot of genuinely interesting things by reading this book. Due to how great this book was overall, I think that the audience range should not be a concern because this book can both enhance and enlighten. What I mean by this is people who are already interested in bees can feed their interests with this book. Others can learn many new things, and maybe even discover that they really like bees. This is awesome! Lastly, the illustrations were wildly impressive. I am pretty sure each image was made by an artist, but some looked so realistic they might have been photographs.
All around, bravo!

Calling all curious bee-lovers!
The rich illustrations complemented with equally rich educational details in this book make the amazing lives of hardworking bees even more awe-inspiring!

The larger text is great for beginning readers. The smaller, more detailed text provides amazing insights that new readers can listen to and absorb as they look at terrific images. Well balanced, beautiful and highly educational.

Thanks to NetGalley for sharing this DRC with me for an honest review.

4 Stars

**Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this advanced copy of They Work in exchange for an honest review.**

They Work by June Smalls is a beautiful non fiction picture book full of facts and illustrations about Bees. There always seems to be something new to learn about bees, and at the very least a new way to portray it. I thought this little nature book was an excellent book for the homeschool library. It explains, in detail the work of the bees and uses diagrams and pictures for kids who like to look rather than read. I think it would make a great addition to any nature unit on the topic of bees and would definitely recommend it.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. Great kids nonfiction book on bees, how they live and why they are important. Lovely illustrations too

This is a beautiful children's picture book with realistic illustrations and factual information about honey bees. There is some larger text that portrays a simpler story for young children and smaller text that goes into more detail regarding the lives of honey bees. Even as an adult, I learned something new! I was especially impressed by the mention and illustration of pesticides causing bees harm as I believe this is such an important message to pass on to the youth. I also appreciated the illustration of how bees communicate their directions to others in the hive. There is evidently so much care and passion put into the production of this book.

This was such a beautiful kids story! My four kids and I cherished this! I loved every minute. It was beautifully done. Well done June! I was a preschool teacher for five years and wish I had this sweet story in my classroom.

This is such an important topic to teach kids about, and this book does it beautifully! Bees are such hard workers and an important part of our ecosystem and between the illustrations and facts, this book conveys this message to all of its readers! 🐝

A fascinating look at bees and all they do! A great read for adults and children alike. The pictures were wonderful, too!