Picture book master Patricia Polaco shares the story of reading books.
Read with your children and seek wisdom as sweet as honey.
The Bee Tree
Author: [Beauty] Patricia Polacco
Translator: Zhou Ying
Magic like the Kingdom of Picture Books
The Bee Tree tells the story of a love of reading and sharing wisdom.
Mary and Grandpa were reading in the study, and for a moment Mary got tired of it. Grandpa led her to find the bee tree. They came to the checkerboard flowers, caught a few bees, and burrowed into the jar. First, they carefully released a bee. The bees buzzed and flew in the direction of the bee tree, and Mary and Grandpa followed. Along the way, they meet all sorts of people: Mrs. Goller with the baby, Ina on a bicycle, Mr. Lundgen the gentleman, Miss Hermann the elegant, The adventurous Bossa, the wandering musician, and the shepherd. These people followed the bees, through the meadows, over the fields, through the woods, through the highlands, and after some hard work, they finally found the bee tree and tasted the mellow honey. It turned out that Grandpa wanted to tell Mary the same truth, that the path of pursuing knowledge is arduous, but it is worth it, because the wisdom we harvest will be incomparably sweet and fragrant.
Patricia Polaco is a well-known picture book author who has won several international awards. Her works are truly moving, seemingly hand-picked stories, but full of rich cultural heritage and real life experiences.
"The Bee Tree" is a small fable that inspires the love of reading, with vivid and interesting stories, bright illustrations, and fast rhythms, to guide young readers to understand that the pursuit of knowledge is arduous, but it is worth it, because at the end of the road is sweet wisdom.
About the Author
Author: Patricia Pollacko, a well-known American children's picture book author, born in Michigan in 1944, because of dyslexia, the study experience was very unsuccessful, fortunately with the help of teachers, overcoming the dyslexia, and finally found a field to display his talents, and successively obtained bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in art and art history. In 1985, at the age of 41, Pollacko began creating picture books and won numerous awards. Pollacko's creations are inspired by her own real life, some of which are stories that happened to her, and some of which are the experiences of family and friends. Representative works include "The Taste of Lemon", "Thank you, Foucault", "Bee Tree", "Lei Gong Cake" and so on.
Text/Guangzhou Daily, New Flower City Reporter: Sun Jun
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Guangzhou Daily Xinhuacheng editor Dai Yujing