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El baile de las abejas (The Dance of the Bees)

Fran Nuño author Zuzanna Celej illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cuento de Luz SL

Published:27th May '21

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El baile de las abejas (The Dance of the Bees) cover

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  • Enter the world of bees and discover their wonderful powers. A beautiful hymn to nature featuring haikus, set in a quiet corner of Japan.

    It was summertime when an old lady and her granddaughter decided to spend more time together and make the most out of it by walking through the countryside through the countryside. Grandma was passionate about nature and she enjoyed feeling surrounded by trees and animals, but what she liked the most was watching bees. The little girl enjoyed listening to her grandmother tell her about the amazing life of bees and their extremely important mission for life on our planet. Not a day went by that they did not visit the bees and the girl always learned something new, like that day when she discovered what the dance of the bees was. With each passing day, their bond grew stronger and stronger, and all thanks to those little insects.

    But after the years, the little girl, now a woman, returns with her son to the place where her grandmother's house was and, thanks to the dance of the bees, they will discover something that they will never be able to forget.

    Adéntrate en el mundo de las abejas y descubre su maravilloso poder. Un canto a la naturaleza y una bella historia con haikus que pudo ocurrir en algún lugar de Japón.

    Era verano cuando una abuela y su nieta decidieron pasar más tiempo juntas y aprovecharon para pasear por el campo. La abuela era una apasionada de la naturaleza y disfrutaba de sentirse rodeada de árboles y animalitos, pero lo que más le gustaba es observar a las abejas. La pequeña disfrutaba de escuchar a su abuela contándole la asombrosa vida de las abejas y su misión tan importante para la vida en nuestro planeta. No había día que no visitasen a las abejas y la niña siempre aprendía algo nuevo, como aquel día en el que descubrió qué era el baile de las abejas. Cada día que pasaba su vínculo se fortalecía más y más, y todo gracias a esos pequeños insectos.

    Pero pasados los años, la nieta, convertida ya en mujer, regresa con su hijo al lugar donde estuvo la casa de su abuela y, gracias al baile de las abejas, descubrirán algo...

    “Soft and sweet. The backmatter discusses the history and creative process of writing a haiku, which may inspire proactive caregivers to plan a weekend poetry project.” —Kirkus Reviews

    "Nuño sets the story in the Japanese countryside, and the book has a classical, almost formal design. Each spread contains an illustration on one side and text on the other, both framed within gently hexagonal borders. On nearly every spread is a haiku, printed vertically next to a small symbol of nature. For instance, an early spread includes this evocative haiku: 'Along the way / the buzzing of bees / and our footsteps.' Underneath is a small bee within a crimson-colored border. In this lovingly designed book (which is printed on environmentally friendly paper with an appealing heft), Celej’s muted, earth-toned cut-paper illustrations are spare, textured and feature the elegant lines of traditional Japanese art." —BookPage

    El baile de las abejas is a beautiful moving picture book about the life of bees and their importance in the world”. —Infantilandia.es

    • Runner-up for International Latino Book Awards 2021 (United States)

    ISBN: 9788418302244

    Dimensions: unknown

    Weight: 481g

    32 pages