The 1,2,3 Bees

By: Nicole Wheldon

Summary:

Follow the bees through their busy day, and use counting to enjoy the fun.

Reader Enjoyment Factors:

The illustrations are beautiful, the bees are cute, and the pages are sturdy and will withstand frequent readings.

Content Awareness Factors:

None, really. For parents, it would be fun to have a little more story or lead-ins for creating interactive reading.

Little Kid Reaction

As we closed the book on the first reading, our preschooler announced "Read it again, Mama." We've since read it a number of times, each one a little slower, as s/he begins to study the illustrations in more detail.

Parent Reaction

The story is really just a sequence of sentences counting out how many bees and what they do. The illustrations make the book.

Type of Book:
This is a picture book to learn numbers.

Educational Themes:

This is strictly a counting book.

Reading Level:
0.0

Recommended Age To Read By Yourself:
4 to 6

Recommended Age To Read Together:
1 to 4

Age of child:
Started reading with child 3 years old.

Purchase Recommendation:
Buy if you want to have a nice, art-quality counting book for your child's library. This is one to have. Borrow if you are just looking to introduce numbers in a fun way.

Title	The 1,2,3 Bees
About
Author	Nicole Wheldon
Publisher	Acmon Blue Publishing © 2004
Illustrators	Diana Zourelias-Noro
ISBN	0974479217
Material	Hard Cover
Cost	$17.95
Genres	Math