The Boy Who Lost His Bumble by Trudi Esberger
| The Boy Who Lost His Bumble by Trudi Esberger | |
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Reviewer: Anne Thompson
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| Summary: This charming picture book debut is a gentle introduction to the natural world. A combination of story and facts, it reinforces an important environmental message. | |
| Buy? Yes | Borrow? Yes |
| Pages: 32 | Date: September 2014 |
| Publisher: Child's Play (International) Ltd | |
| External links: Author's website | |
| ISBN: 9781846436611 | |
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A little boy loves his garden and he particularly loves the bees that visit it each day. He is so fascinated by his buzzy friends that he gives them each names and records their habits and characteristics. Then the weather changes, it grows cold and his bees disappear. Where can they be? Will they come back? The boy is puzzled and saddened by their departure and tries hard to encourage his missing friends to return.
Gentle and appealing, this book is a lovely combination of quirky story and an introduction to life cycles and our environment. The illustrations are unusual but appealing and there are touches of humour too. The bumble bees include Bob who is very fuzzy and Sue who likes playing hide and seek adding to their appeal to young children. The text is sparse and much of the story is told in the illustrations allowing very young children to explore the pictures for the added detail.
The final two pages give the story an extra dimension providing lots of information about the lives of bees, why they are in danger and what we can do to help the the situation. This is such a clever way of introducing young children to non-fiction and opens up the opportunity for discussion between adult and child about the topics touched on in the story. I really liked the fact that the little chap got so much pleasure out of his garden and his surroundings and would like to think that the story may encourage a similar attitude in little ones who listened to or read it. This book would be an invaluable resource in schools too.
Thank you to the publishers, Child's Play International for providing Bookbag with this review copy.
If this prompts a child to want to find out more about nature and the world around us I would highly recommend A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies and Mark Hearld a beautifully illustrated introduction to the seasons.
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