About the Book: Honeybee
"Nyes sheer joy in communicating, creativity, and caring shine through."-Kirkus
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A moving and celebratory poetry collection from Young Peoples Poet Laureate and
National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye. This resonant volume explores the
similarities we share with the people around us-family, friends, and complete
strangers.
Honey. Beeswax. Pollinate. Hive. Colony. Work. Dance. Communicate. Industrious.
Buzz. Sting. Cooperate.
Where would we be without honeybees? Where would we be without one another?
In eighty-two poems and paragraphs (including the renowned Gate A-4), Naomi
Shihab Nye alights on the essentials of our time-our loved ones, our dense air,
our wars, our memories, our planet-and