Bee & Bird Written & Illustrated by Craig Frazier

Frazier, Craig. Bee & Bird. New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2011. Print. 40 pages
Age Group:	1 to 4 years
Book Format:	Picture book
Annotation:	Bee & Bird is a delightful picture book about a bumble bee and a bird going on an adventure.
Personal Reaction:	The pictures are colorful which start out as a close up and increasingly enlarges to show a bigger picture of where the pair is going.  Geared toward ages 1-4, the pictures encourage the reader to use their current vocabulary and add additional vocabulary to their memory. This reviewer has one issue with the pictures; the author/illustrator portrays the home of the bumble bee as a honeybee hive.  When producing tales for children, the author should provide realism, as readers of the story will believe what they see and read.  Bumble bees live in the ground, not a hive as portrayed.
Keywords/Tags:	Fiction, Adventure, Bumble Bees, Travel, Birds
Early Literacy Skills Enhancements:	This wordless books allows a child to develop print motivation, the desire to read, narrative skills, and vocabulary by creating their own narration to the illustrations to build upon visual literacy skills