Overview
Follow an adventurous honeybee as she goes about her busy day, sipping nectar from flowers, avoiding hungry birds and playing with butterflies. But when a robber bear comes looking for honey, all the bees must rush out to defend their home. This classic Eric Carle story is brought to life by movable pull-tabs that children can use to animate the action, as well as a beautiful pop-up butterfly. Available again for the first time in years, The Honeybee and the Robber will delight both longtime fans and first-time readers.
After gathering nectar and making its way safely home, a lone honeybee saves the day when a bear attacks the hive.
Synopsis
Bzzzz! goes the honeybee as it leaves the hive, sipping nectar from a flower, flying away from a hungry bird, frolicking with a butterfly until it's time to return home to work in the hive. But outside lurks a robber bear, and it's up to the little bee to save the dayoand the hive!
Featuring the classic paper collage illustrations that his fans adoreoplus six full- color spreads with moving pictures, pop-ups, and pull tabsothis appealing, interactive book teaches all about the honeybee in simple pictures and in detailed notes at the end of the book that are just right for sharing with children.
Publishers Weekly
Originally published in 1981, The Honeybee and the Robber by Eric Carle now invites young hands to play a part in the proceedings. From the get-go, children place a finger in the die-cut hole on the cover, slide it back and forth and make the big brown bear go cross-eyed as he gets stung by the bee. By pulling the tabs inside, readers can watch the honeybee escape from a hungry bird and then play with a pop-up butterfly. (July) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
The Barnes & Noble ReviewEric Carle creates yet another work of wonder in this revised classic. Using pull-tabs and an amazing pop-up, kids are given a fresh look at a sly honeybee and one hungry bear.
Gathering nectar to make honey, a honeybee makes her way through the woods, stopping first at a gorgeous orange flower. On her journey, she swiftly alludes the clutches of a hungry bird, fish, and frog. When she discovers a butterfly nearby, they dance in the sky together. The honeybee happily returns home to her hive when she hears a disturbing noise -- a bear is trying to steal the honey! Honeybee quickly stings the big bear on his nose before the rest of the bees chase him away. Safe and sound in their hive, they rest up for another day.
This simple and beautiful tale is wonderfully enhanced with revised, shorter text and the addition of pull-tabs. Kids can watch as the bee sips nectar from flowers and avoids the open beak of the ravenous bird. Readers will delight in the exquisite butterfly pop-up, rich in color and detail. Especially amusing is the big brown bear who is stung on the nose and looks cross-eyed at his pint-sized attacker.
Eric Carle remains one of the best storytellers and illustrators of all time, and this updated classic further confirms his creative genius. (Amy Barkat)