Dee the Bee

by Dolores Keaveney

Pollination is a very important part of the life cycle of plants. This title explores the role of bees in the pollination process. Readers will see that many of their favorite fruits, vegetables and plants depend on the hard work of bees. Full-color illustrations with fun, rhyming text introduces young readers to bees, and the many fruits and vegetables they pollinate.

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

Published September 1, 2020

About the author

I am an artist and have been painting for the best part of 40 years and have had many exhibitions. My art is vibrant, colourful, loose and uplifting. I get my inspiration from my garden when in summertime it is packed full of beautiful flowers. I am also a self published author/illustrator of children's picture books. I decided to self publish because I had read up and researched a lot about self publishing over the previous year and felt it was a route which I would like to take as it was a challenging way to go about publishing a book. I realised from the start that it would be a daunting journey but felt I still wanted to go this route. In 2009 I launched my first picture book 'If I were a bee'... This book was a great success and spurred me on to write and illustrate more. I have continued to launch one or two books per year since then.


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Reviews

[Mary Judy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A joyous, heartfelt journey, this book is an absolute celebration of bees! It’s gentle rhyming text guides young readers as Dee the Bee bobs and weaves across the garden, tending fruits and vegetables and visiting the flowers; helping them along so we all have delicious food to eat. The free illustration style direct a path through the book, with each page standing out as if it were a painting of its’ own; all flowing together nicely by the trail of Dee the Bee. Our little bee-friends’ happy, busy personality shines, creating an instant appreciation and understanding of the important relationship between bees and the human world (and alleviating fears that some children have developed.) As if this weren’t enough, there is a wonderful, clear explanation of pollination as it happens and a page of important flowers to plant that will welcome and support the bees in your garden. Vibrant, fascinating, wondrous and simply beautiful, you’ll love Dee the Bee!

[Terresa Wellborn · Rating 1 out of 5]

The story starts with "If I were a bee..." and ends with "Yes, it's me. My name is Dee. I am a little honey bee." ? So the main character is a bee pretending to be a bee? I'm confused. In addition, the font is somehow worse than ComicSans, it's curly and hard to read. Ridiculous font in children's picture books is a pet peeve. (Note to authors/publishers: If you want parents & librarians & teachers to champion your book, use a clear, easy to read font.)

Themes: bees, gardens, vegetables, fruits, flowers,
Ages: PreK-2nd grade
Year published: 2020

[Dedra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gorgeous illustrations, fun font, rhyming text.... this is such a pretty little book about pollination. It would be fun to pair this book with a trip to the farmers market or grocery store. Another idea would be to read it and then plant a garden.