The Bee

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9781851037742
• ISBN10: 1851037748
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-06-16
• Publisher: My First Discoveries

Summary

Dive into the buzzing world of bees with your kids!

Captivatingly detailed illustrations reveal how these insects gather nectar and make honey, how they communicate with each other, build their hives and keep them clean, how they reproduce and rear their young and form new hives. We also learn about their cousins the wasps, who make their nests out of a kind of paper mâché, and we explore inside a termites’ nest. This mesmerizing children's book takes young readers on a captivating journey into the lives and hives of these essential pollinators, as well as other insects such as termite and wasps. With its vibrant illustrations, it's the perfect way to inspire curiosity about nature.

My First Discovery Paperbacks are a unique collection of beautifully illustrated information books for children aged 4 to 7, with simple language to aid learning and realistic artwork to inspire young minds. Transparent overlay pages reveal hidden surprises and allow children to see inside things. 

The series comes with free access to the Moonlight Audio App. Children can listen and read along at their own pace. Fun sound effects bring the story to life!

Author Biography

Ute Fuhr graduated in visual and audiovisual communication from the Nice School of Decorative Arts in 1984. She produces audiovisual information programs for the Musée D’Orsay in Paris, and also works on advertising graphics, based on illustration and painting. She carries out ongoing research into the mediatisation of reality. Illustration and the relationship between text and image currently form the focus of her professional interest.

Raoul Sautai taught at the Art School in Le Havre from 1962 before becoming its director in 1988. He also worked for an advertising agency during this period and for a photo studio that specialized in still life images. Illustration and painting always played a central role in his work. He died in January 2010.

Over a 20 year period, Raoul Sautai and Ute Fuhr formed an author-illustrator team co-producing more than 10 titles for the My First Discoveries series.