I received a copy of this arc from NetGalley for an honest review. Excellent book for kids about why bees are important to us and how to help save them.

A great introduction to bees, how they live, their importance and what they like. This would be perfect to read in school to ages 3+ and would serve as a springboard to find out more about different bees and other pollinators.

Honey bees and other native bees are endangered in North America. World over bees are dying from pesticide and mites. This is a timely book for a community activity and weaving protecting endangered populations in a neighborhood. With the focus on Mr Cardinal, the book introduces human interactions with the bee and the facts about bees. Engaging, simple text, colorful and cheerful drawings and titles that separate themes make this book perfect for classrooms, homes, nature clubs and science classes.

Follow That Bee! demonstrates the importance of bees even in towns and cities as five children help out a local beekeeper, Mr Cardinal.

Readers discover along with the children what bees eat, how they pollinate plants, how their hives are constructed, how they communicate with each other, and much more.

Gone are the days when informative books for children consisted of dry descriptions punctuated with the occasional picture. Follow That Bee! feels like a fun story from which children can learn a huge amount without even really noticing they’re learning.

Friendly, cheerful illustrations on varied spreads bring the text to life.

Included at the back of the book are instructions on how to make a bee bath, as well as a glossary of important words.

I received an electronic ARC from Kids Can Press through NetGalley.
The five friends return in a story about bees. The author combines a story of a neighbor's garden and beehives with information text about bees.
The realistic illustrations show the reader what to look for in reality.
Simple to follow text helps young readers understand how important bees are to our world.
Glossary included at the end.
Use for a science lesson to introduce pollination, bees or environment.

Why do bees buzz? What is their role in nature? How can we make our gardens and schools more welcoming to them? These are just a few of the questions Scot Ritchie offers answers to in this informative book. Written in a narrative, engaging writing style, this book is a great introduction to non-fiction reading for elementary school students. Follow That Bee offers children an opportunity to learn about the importance of bees to our everyday lives, what life as a bee might look, and gives actionable ideas for supporting and encouraging the local bee population to flourish. A glossary of bee-related terms at the back makes learning and explaining new words simple. A great addition to the school or home library.

Review that will appear on GoodReads on Apr 2, 2019:

5 friends get together and visit their neighbor, Mr Cardinal, who keeps bee hives. Mr Cardinal teaches the kids about bees, how to plant a garden that attracts and helps bees, and other basic information about honey bees.

This is what I’d call informational fiction. It’s got a little bit of a fictional story to provide a setting in which characters learn lots of factual information about a topic. It’ll be up to the library whether it is shelved in the fiction section or the nonfiction section. This one is more focused on the nonfiction facts than a story so I’d lean to putting it in nonfiction personally. It’s a great introduction to honeybees that provides lots of practical information about what bees need to thrive in a spot and produce honey. And it is presented with attractive illustrations and just the right amount of text for lower grade readers. Recommended to curious readers, readers thinking of starting to keep bees, young gardeners eager to plant a garden that helps the ecosystem, and of course, lower grade students studying bees.

<i>I received an ARC of this title from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.</i>

A nice, simple introduction to bees. The illustrations are great. The information is presented in an engaging format. I didn’t know this was a series of books but I will look for other titles to share with my kids.

Follow that Bee! is an informative nonfiction picture book aimed at young children. There is a lot of information, but it is delivered in an engaging and entertaining way to keep children interested while learning. In this book, 5 children visit a local, urban bee-keeper. They learn about the basics of bee life (pollination, hives, bee roles, communication and more). He also explains why the number of bees and hives are dwindling and what they can do to help, such as planting specific flowers that attract and feed bees. The book is full of interesting information and bright pictures and would be a great one to use when teaching about bees, environmental awareness, ecology and changes to our world and being good world citizens. A great addition to a school or class library.

Follow that Bee! by Scott Ritchie follows a group of friends as they learn about urban beekeeping. Mr Cardinal owes an apiary. He keeps bees in his backyard. They learn the types of bee 'jobs’ there are, what kind of plants they like, how to calm bees and harvest honey. Mr Cardinal sells his honey at a local market. Now I want fresh honey!

The synopsis of the book gives the five friend's names, but until the latter half of the story, they are called either 'the friends’ or 'the five friends’, which came across to me as cold and impersonal. I felt like the kids were of maybe even just tertiary importance to the story. It was much more interesting as the names started being used. I like the extra info the author gave about bees and beekeeping. Recommended for any kid who loves animals/ insects!

***Many thanks to Netgalley and Kids Can Press for providing an ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Nice nonfiction book that follows five friends as thy learn all about bees from a beekeeper in their neighborhood. Good for grades preK-2 as a read aloud. This is part of a great series to add to lower grade elementary classroom libraries.

Follow that Bee! is an informative nonfiction picture book aimed at giving a lot of information to young children in an engaging way. In this book, 5 kids visit a local, urban bee-keeper. He gives them information about pollination, beehives, the different roles within a colony, and how they communicate. He also explains why the number of bees and hives are dwindling and what we can do about it. The book is full of interesting information and bright pictures with kids to help engage with younger readers. This is a great book when a class is studying bees.

Fun and informative book with plenty of pictures and information that makes learning fun. My niece has a garden at her school and I think she and her classmates would enjoy this book.

I loved this book on bees! It was just the right amount of information without losing the entertainment factor! The illustrations were adorable and Ritchie included a call to action toward the end of the story on how to help the bees! This is a great book for any homeschooling family or elementary class learning about bees!
Thank you Kids Can Press and NetGalley for this educational book! I will highlight this book on my blog Sunday December 2, 2018.
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Fun and entertaining way to learn about bees. Great illustrations and attention to details and facts. Kids will enjoy this book.

I came to this not knowing it was a series of books, all exclamatory by title, concerning different topics. This one, despite starting with the weirdest idea, of the five heroes living in a model village where the school building comes up to their chest height, does stick to the nitty-gritty of what bees find popular and what they don't. So I ignored the awkwardness of one bloke spending so much time with five (trendily diverse) kids, and just sat back to learn what the young audience should be told about apiculture and suchlike. The end result was bitty, and simple, but actually did serve its purpose, although it wouldn't take anybody beyond the primer level of understanding. It's not bad, but I think more realism and science in the artwork would have helped. Three and a half stars.