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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2017 | Elementary
Gr 2–5—Barton employs the same style as in her award-winning book I'm Trying To Love Spiders, but this time bees are the topic. Readers are introduced to Edgar, a slightly thumb-shaped boy with a curlicue of hair. Edgar doesn't like bees, mainly because he doesn't want to be stung. The narrator tries to convince him of the insects' good qualities, yet Edgar continues to fret about their stingers and venom sacs. But facts about how long bees have lived on Earth and h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on April 1, 2017
The main character of this book--a cartoon boy named Edgar, eyes opened wide in amusingly fearful and skeptical facial expressions--definitely doesn't like bees. This gives the (offstage) narrator an opportunity to make the case for bees' importance, turning facts and figures about the insect into a funny, approachable pro-bee argument. The topics covered ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
