‘Kiwi Bees Have Tiny Knees’ Book Review by Poetry Box
Rachel has a gift with words. She can take a fact (these bees are really really small) and use great analogies (children-friendly) to illuminate the fact.
Rachel has a gift with words. She can take a fact (these bees are really really small) and use great analogies (children-friendly) to illuminate the fact.
It’s about time there was a book about our native bees because there are 28 species buzzing around our plants and trees.
Before I wrote about native bees, I had to soak up their behaviours and breathe in their spaces. I sat among their calmness without any fear.
This hardback book is beautifully produced and absolutely chocka with ngaro huruhuru – native bee facts, info bubbles, photos and illustrations.
Already a Notable Book Award-winner for nonfiction, this book is sure to be a Kiwi classic says Lee Murray, author of Fox Spirit on a Distant Cloud.
Kiwi Bees Have Tiny Knees has been picked for virtually every awards and books of the year list because it’s truly fantastic.
It was pretty buzzy when New Zealand Woman’s Weekly asked to do an extract article and interview in their September Gardening Special edition about Kiwi Bees Have Tiny Knees.
When I was asked what type of research I did for Messy-o-saurus, I replied, “None! I had three little Messy-o-saurus at home!”
It’s quite magical when I think about children listening to their favourite stories over and over. They still laugh at the funny bits, point at the pictures, join in with the words and beam enthusiastically like it’s not a book they’ve heard a hundred times before!
Little ones will enjoy the wordplay and rhyme of this new story by this dynamic New Zealand duo, Rachel Weston and Scott Tulloch.