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Zoom in on Bees

What’s the best way to learn about water? By doing the independent activities presented in this book. The text’s open-ended questions and clear, age-appropriate explanations help students discover the science all around them.

by Melis­sa Stewart

Enslow, 2014

for ages 5–7; Lex­ile 480

ISBN 978–0‑7660–4210‑0 (HC)

ISBN 978–1‑4644–0363‑7 (PB)

Pur­chase this book at your local inde­pen­dent book­seller or Amazon.com.

Have you ever seen a bee up close? What does it look like? How does it eat? What is its life cycle? This book answers all these ques­tions and more. Take an up close peek at a bee’s body fea­tures and dis­cov­er how it goes about its business.

Honors and Awards

  • Junior Library Guild selection

Reviews

“Enslow con­tin­ues to “Zoom in,” this time focus­ing on insects. Stew­art breaks down these bugs part by part, pro­vid­ing basic infor­ma­tion on anten­nae, legs, wings, eyes, as well as on their life cycles and habi­tats, rely­ing upon sparse text ide­al for young read­ers and a col­or­ful, eye-catch­ing lay­out. [C]lose-up images will engage chil­dren. Fur­ther read­ing, index, web­sites.” (School Library Jour­nal)

“The Zoom in on Insects! series does just what good sci­ence books for a young age group should: offer facts in short but eas­i­ly under­stand­able texts. Clear and engag­ing pho­tos help whet read­ers’ appetites to learn more. The titles fol­low a pat­tern, intro­duc­ing habi­tats, body parts, and how the tit­u­lar sub­ject evolves. Bees is a fine intro­duc­tion to the insect and offers a cool close-up of a stinger. Each book ends with an illus­tra­tion of the insec­t’s life cycle and a page direct­ing chil­dren toward help­ful web­sites. The best part of the series is the won­der­ful­ly crisp pho­tos, with cer­tain images—an insec­t’s eye, for example—lifted from the larg­er pic­ture and put into a ‘zoom bub­ble,’ where kids can real­ly see what’s going on. Pri­ma­ry-grade stu­dents and their teach­ers will cer­tain­ly appre­ci­ate this.” (Book­list)

Behind the Book

“Bees are fas­ci­nat­ing insects, so when my edi­tor asked if I’d like to write a book about them for ear­ly read­ers, I said “yes” imme­di­ate­ly. Doing research for this book was easy, but I strug­gled as I decid­ed what to leave out. There was so much great information!

“Talk­ing with a friend who is an ento­mol­o­gist helped me fig­ure out what I should focus on. She helped me iden­ti­fy the body fea­tures and dai­ly activ­i­ties that could be shown best in the Zoom Bub­bles char­ac­ter­is­tic of the series.”

Series at a Glance

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Zoom in on Insects

Zoom in on Bees
Zoom in on Butterflies
Zoom in on Dragonflies
Zoom in on Fireflies
Zoom in on Grasshoppers
Zoom in on Ladybugs
What’s the best way to learn about water? By doing the independent activities presented in this book. The text’s open-ended questions and clear, age-appropriate explanations help students discover the science all around them.

by Melis­sa Stewart

Enslow, 2014

for ages 5–7; Lex­ile 480

ISBN 978–0‑7660–4210‑0 (HC)

ISBN 978–1‑4644–0363‑7 (PB)

Pur­chase this book at your local inde­pen­dent book­seller or Amazon.com.