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2014 Silver Birch Express Award nomineeCanadian Science Writers? Association Outstanding Youth Book 2013 shortlistOn CCBC's Best Books for Kids and Teens list 2013On Resource Links? Best of 2013 listOn Ontario Library Association Best Bets List 2013Imagine a world without bees. Not only would it be less colourful - with fewer wildflowers and flowering plants - it would be less fruitful as well. A world without bees would mean a world where the food supply would be significantly diminished. Global bee researcher Laurence Packer estimates that bees are responsible for 1/3 of our food supply.Buzz About Bees is the latest addition to the series that includes Lowdown on Earthworms and follows the same formula offering an in-depth look at an endangered and vital part of the natural world.Accompanying information about the history, social structure and science behind the world of bees and honey are conservation activities to make the world a place where hives of bees can thrive.Reviews:"With punny titles such as "UnBEE-lievable Body Parts" and "Let Me BEE: I'm BUZZ-y Working", Buzz About Bees takes an upbeat, yet serious, approach to its topic... Absorbing, cheerful, and easy to read."Recommended.-- CM Magazine"We really liked Buzz About Bees by Kari-Lynn Winters and would recommend it to anyone who loves nature and wants to take care of it. My sister and I are both home schooled and we were able to include this fun book as part of our science curriculum."-- Mason (age 11) and Emilee (age 12) , Reader Views Kids
About the Author
Kari-Lynn Winters is an award-winning children's author, playwright, and academic scholar. Twenty-five of her picturebooks have been accepted for publication. She is also an experienced teacher of writing, who has taught a range of students in Canada and the United States, including pre-school, special education, primary and intermediate, high school, and university teacher education. Kari-Lynn holds a position at Brock University as an Associate Professor. Her research interests are drama in education, children's literature, and multi-modal forms of authorship.
Kari-Lynn's 50 minute interactive presentations are both educational and engaging. They include: readings from her published and soon-to-be-published books and magazine stories combined with puppets, songs, improvisation games, take-away strategies for drama and literacy (e.g. making connections, visualizing, critical thinking, as well as the 6 1 traits of writing) that can be used in classrooms, a question period, and a book signing (Preschool up to grade 5) .
More information about Kari-Lynn (including a detailed CV and information about her published books) can be found on her website www.kariwinters.com.
