In this informative and witty picture book, Give bees a Chance by Bethany Barton, the narrator who is quite the bee expert attempts to persuade Edgar that bees deserve a chance and this argument is supported with lots of facts about bees to illustrate just how special and valuable they are. Edgar needs some convincing as he has recently been stung by a bee and this experience has left him scared of them. There is information about: the different types of bees (there are 25000 different types), the three different types of honey bees and their jobs, their anatomy, history dating back millions of years, an explanation of how honey is made, reasons why bees sting, beekeepers and what they wear to protect themselves, the bees impact on the food chain, threats to their species and ways to support their population.
This visually driven nonfiction book containing cartoon style illustrations, with text cleverly laid out makes the information accessible and digestible for a younger audience.
Bethany Barton has also written and illustrated the following titles: I’m Trying to Love Spiders, I’m Trying to Love Math, I’m Trying to Love Rocks, I’m Trying to Love Garbage.