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The Honeybee Man
"Eccentric and unusual with an appealing, gentle charm," raves Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review.
Every morning, Fred climbs three flights of stairs—up to his rooftop in Brooklyn, New York—and greets the members of his enormous family: "Good morning, my bees, my darlings!" His honeybee workers are busy—they tend the hive, feed babies, and make wax rooms. They also forage...more
Every morning, Fred climbs three flights of stairs—up to his rooftop in Brooklyn, New York—and greets the members of his enormous family: "Good morning, my bees, my darlings!" His honeybee workers are busy—they tend the hive, feed babies, and make wax rooms. They also forage...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
March 8th 2011
by Schwartz & Wade
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The Honeybee Man is a fun non-fiction book all about Bees! This book is written by Lela Nargi and Kyrsten Brooder. You can purchase this book through Amazon for $13.96. The book describes the ancient art of beekeeping in Brooklyn, New York.
Fred is very dedicated to his bees and spends time with them each morning on his rooftop. There are three hives there each containing its own colony. Fred has named the queen in each of the colonies. Their names are Queen Mab, Queen Boadicea and Queen Neferti...more
Fred is very dedicated to his bees and spends time with them each morning on his rooftop. There are three hives there each containing its own colony. Fred has named the queen in each of the colonies. Their names are Queen Mab, Queen Boadicea and Queen Neferti...more
CALDECOTT AWARD NOMINEE SELECTION
I chose "The Honeybee Man" by Lela Nargi, illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker for the Caldecott 2012 nominee. This cute story about a man who makes his own honey from his own bees is a great way to educate little kids on how pees pollinate. Focusing on the Caldecott award, I felt this book was a possible nominee obviously due to its illustrations. The illustrations appeared to be (I think) water colored, which is one of the best illustrations, in my opinion. Also, the...more
I chose "The Honeybee Man" by Lela Nargi, illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker for the Caldecott 2012 nominee. This cute story about a man who makes his own honey from his own bees is a great way to educate little kids on how pees pollinate. Focusing on the Caldecott award, I felt this book was a possible nominee obviously due to its illustrations. The illustrations appeared to be (I think) water colored, which is one of the best illustrations, in my opinion. Also, the...more
Frank has a large family. There is his cat and dog, but the rest of his family lives on the roof. Frank is a beekeeper, who dearly loves his family of bees. Nargi takes children into the imagination of Frank who imagines what it would be like to be a bee. She briefly explains how bees collect and store the honey, and what Frank intends to do with the honey when the time is right. What makes this a special story is not how the bees locate flowers, but where the bees locate pollen for their honey....more
Fred the Brooklyn beekeeper loves his bees. He climbs up to his rooftop apiaries every morning to greet his colonies with a "Good morning, my bees, my darlings." And addresses an individual greeting to each of his bee queens (Mab, Nefertiti, and Boadicea). This is an excellent, accessible introduction for younger children to what bees and their keepers do. It also shows that bees can be kept successfully in big cities (kids may associate bees and beekeeping with farms or forests). For the bee-cu...more
Inspired by real beekeepers, the author and illustrator tell the story of Fred who keeps beehives on the rooftop of his apartment building in Brooklyn. The text and illustrations accurately portray the work of a beekeeper and the flight of the bees to different sources of nectar. The author’s note with additional facts about honeybees could easily be read aloud to young students and there are detailed illustrations on the book’s end-papers which extend the learning further.
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A very informative book about beekeeping! Fred is a beekeeper in Brooklyn and the story explains how he cares for his bees and collects honey. Along the way, we learn a bit about bees and beehives. Students who have learned about pollinators and bees already will be able to make a lot of connections to this part of the story. I especially liked the urban, bee husbandry element to this story. A great addition to any elementary school collection. I would read this to my 4th graders because they le...more
Jun 28, 2011
Beth
marked it as children-and-young-adult-literature
This book, Honeybee Man by Lela Nargi was fascinating. Imagine a beekeeper in the middle of the New York City. As the author describes where the bees find their nectar, you tour the real city where people live, work and play. The end pages have diagrams of a honeybee, flower, and beehive sectional. The author notes add several facts about honey bees and beekeepers. This book is an excellent way to introduce beekeeping to students and maybe invite a local beekeeper in to compare and contrast. Pi...more
On a quiet summer morning, Fred heads to the roof of his home in Brooklyn where his bee hives are. With his cup of tea, he spends time with the bees, thinking about the honey they will make for him. He imagines flying like a bee and looking for nectar. He encourages the young bees to have courage on their first flights. He celebrates the older bees as they throw themselves into the air, some stopping to land on his sleeves first to greet him. He knows they will return full of nectar that then wi...more
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May in Castro Valley means the start of the farmer's market. And that means fresh honey. Castro Valley is a mixture of urban and rural but honey can be produced anywhere there are flowers. The Honeybee Man by Lela Nargi is about a man who keeps bees in Brooklyn, New York.
Two and a half million people live in Brooklyn, Kings County. It's part of the massive urban area that is New York City, a city containing five boroughs. It's not a likely place for a beehive large enough to produce honey, but t...more
Two and a half million people live in Brooklyn, Kings County. It's part of the massive urban area that is New York City, a city containing five boroughs. It's not a likely place for a beehive large enough to produce honey, but t...more
Fred takes care of his bees in Brooklyn. This little picture book is filled with facts about those who care for honeybees and honeybees themselves. A nice introduction to the world of the urban beekeeper.
“Fred closes his eyes and lets his mind wander. Will Queen Mab’s daughters find mint flowers as they did last year? Will Queen Boadicea’s honey be dark like molasses or light and clear like amber?”
“Fred closes his eyes and lets his mind wander. Will Queen Mab’s daughters find mint flowers as they did last year? Will Queen Boadicea’s honey be dark like molasses or light and clear like amber?”
Loved the colorful art and the unusual description of a beekeeper in Brooklyn, but the text itself felt a bit cliched. The endpages have some nice imagery of the different parts of bees and their artificial hives. Will probably appeal to slightly older kids who can read it themselves as opposed to being read aloud; feels more like a Discover It Yourself sort of thing rather than a good read-aloud.
Fred, a beekeeper in Brooklyn, greets his bee family each day and sees them on their way as they go about their job of making honey. The illustrations are a combination of full page and small pictures on white pages. Within the story, are facts about bees, which help the reader understand the process of making honey. This book would be great paired with a nonfiction text on honeybees.
This was a stand out for me today in the pile that I was reading. The end notes provide the reader with great facts about bees and honey making. I liked how the facts about bees and honey making are woven into a story (which you discover at the end is based on a true story) of a man living in New York with several bee hives and makes honey for friends. Illustrations support the text.
You don't often think of the writing in picture books as being beautiful or even noteworthy. More often than not, it's the story itself or the lesson, or the beautiful, humorous, or moody illustrations that stand out to readers.
In this lovely picture book by Lela Nargi and Kyrsten Brooker, however, the writing is the standout. It is full of such lush, sensory details, that you can hear the bees buzzing, see them collecting nectar, and then you can taste the sweet honey.
This would be a perfect m...more
In this lovely picture book by Lela Nargi and Kyrsten Brooker, however, the writing is the standout. It is full of such lush, sensory details, that you can hear the bees buzzing, see them collecting nectar, and then you can taste the sweet honey.
This would be a perfect m...more
Age of readership: Ages 4-8
Genre: Picture Book
Diversity: Beekeeper Life in Brooklyn
Illustrations: Pastel crayon watercolors
My response to the book: Description of a daydreaming beekeeper and his work on the roof of the building in which he lives in Brooklyn NY. The book ends with a factsheet about honey, bees and their keepers. The inside front and back facing pages include sepia tone scientific drawings of bees, flowers and hives.
Curricular/Programming connections: Use in a unit exploring diffe...more
Genre: Picture Book
Diversity: Beekeeper Life in Brooklyn
Illustrations: Pastel crayon watercolors
My response to the book: Description of a daydreaming beekeeper and his work on the roof of the building in which he lives in Brooklyn NY. The book ends with a factsheet about honey, bees and their keepers. The inside front and back facing pages include sepia tone scientific drawings of bees, flowers and hives.
Curricular/Programming connections: Use in a unit exploring diffe...more
This was a sweet, informative book about an older man who is a beekeeper in the city. He keeps his hives on the roof of his building.
My grandsons and I read this book in conjunction with the Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive book. We all learned much about the activities and behaviors of honeybees. What marvelous creatures they are!
My grandsons and I read this book in conjunction with the Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive book. We all learned much about the activities and behaviors of honeybees. What marvelous creatures they are!
A new favorite. I love the mixture of bee information into the story of this city dweller who keeps bees on his roof. Fred really loves his bees, and it shows :) Wish I had him as my neighbor. He likes to hand out honey while sitting on his front stoop.
This book reminds me of another favorite, "Maple Syrup Season," illustrated by Jill Weber.
This book reminds me of another favorite, "Maple Syrup Season," illustrated by Jill Weber.
A good blend of nonfiction information in a picture book. Fred's love for his bees and his neighborhood comes through loud and clear. The explanations for what is going on in the beehive is simple and accurate and the illustrations are urban and weathered. They give a sense of how Fred lives, not too polished, but full of heart.
This story was inspired by two apiarists, or beekeepers, who live in Brooklyn, New York. Fred is an older retired man who raises three bee colonies on the roof of his New York City apartment building. The story is both both entertaining and very informative about how bees and beekeepers do what they do.
A sweet as honey story about a man and his bees. Every sunny morning Fred greets his dog and his cat, then travels to the top of his brownstone in Brooklyn to greet the honeybee hives he keeps and maintains up there. From his perch above the neighborhood Fred can see all the places his bees go, and when it's time to harvest the honey for himself he makes sure to give jars to all his neighbors so that they too can enjoy the sweetest taste of their own neighborhood. Lovely pictures and an informat...more
Fascinating non-fiction wrapped into a picture book. Expressive art--the bees are not anthropomorphized, but they still have character.This should work well with early elementary school age children.
Based on real beekeepers in Brooklyn, this story tells about Fred and how he cares for the bees. The lives and process of making honey is explained in this tale with really good illustrations.
This is a perfect book for my K-2 library. An interesting, well-written story as well as fascinating facts that will encourage the students to explore more about bees.
Good combination of science and story. Lots of great sensory details, too, in this story of a man who keeps bees on his rooftop in Brooklyn.
Interesting book about beekeepers, or apiarists. Story has interesting facts including the waggle dance of the bees.
Cool concept, but I liked the informational section in the back far more than I liked the story itself...
A sweet story about a beekeeper named Frank. I learned about bees and greatly enjoyed the story.
For elementary teachers, this book would be great to read aloud during an urban farming unit.
Story about how honey is made and beekeepers. Includes process. Takes place in Brooklyn.
Terrific balance of information and story. Great illustrations.
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