Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss. ( )

Spring is here and with it comes the desire to be outside and enjoying the fresh air and greenery. Many of us will be thinking about cleaning up our backyards and planning our gardens. Before you do pick up a copy of Follow That Bee! A First Book of Bees in the City by Scot Ritchie to learn all about how we can protect the important pollinators we need to keep our ecosystem healthy and thriving.

If you live in a city as we do, it’s so important we make room for all of the other living things that need our spaces. Follow That Bee! Offers information about bees and how they turn the delicious nectar from a flower into the sweet honey we enjoy eating. Readers will also learn about bee identification, how to handle a bee sting and how to make a bee bath. The journey to learning about the bee follows a little story of five friends learning from Mr. Cardinal reads like a Magic School Bus adventure without the wacky Ms Frizzle.

The wonderful thing about this book is it will call children to action. Be prepared as after reading you will most likely have to plant bee friendly flowers, buy a beehive, and eat some honey on toast. ( )

This book is all about bees and how important they are to all of us. Illustrations take you all over the city and the story explains many facts of the bees in the city. Very good book for anyone interested in bees and even those who aren’t, they will be after reading. ( )

This book had informative and helpful and totally gross information. I love it. I might never eat honey again though. It talks about how bees live in the city and what each bee's job is. It tells readers what flowers bees need to survive and why we need bees. It gives useful warnings about pesticides and allergies and stings. It is useful for education, but it is also just entertaining to read. ( )

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. The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book upon request. The rating, ideas and opinions shared are my own. ( )