Children's Books about Honey Bees

We are learning all about honey bees in our our preschool unit on beekeeping. Here is a list of the best books we've found to teach kids about bees!

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In the Trees, Honey Bees - Lori Mortensen

We love this book for its rhyming factual text sprinkled with more scientific information about how honey bees live and create honey.

Homegrown Honey Bees: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping Your First Year, From Hiving to Honey Harvest - Alethea Morrison

This resource guide is a must have if you have decided to keep bees! Even if you aren't an aspiring beekeeper, check it out of your local library to take a look at the stunning photography.

UnBEElievables: Honeybee Poems and Paintings - Douglas Florian

Inspire bee themed artwork and writing by checking out this creative collection!

Are You a Bee? - Judy Allen

Written from the point of view of what it is like to be a bee, this book outlines a honeybee's life cycle which was particularly interesting to my preschooler!

The Honeybee Man - Lela Nargi

A fictional story about an urban beekeeper that is as sweet as the honey he harvests!

Violet, the Fuzzy Honeybee - Stephanie Clancy

Of course we couldn't resist this story because of the name of the little honeybee!