>Jerry J Bromenshenk <[log in to unmask]> said: > >Some time ago, Matthew Loeser, who works with us, came back from Italy >with a really gorgeous little book on bees. Beautiful illustrations and >transparencies (e.g. one side painted to show the bees entering the >outside of the hive, the other showing the bees entering into the hive). > >Matt found that an English Version is available in the states. > >I think this is one of the prettiest bee books that I have seen. > > > >BEES > >A First Discovery Book > >Scholastic Inc. > >New York Toronto London Auckland Sydney > > >The authors are Gallimard Jeunesse, Ute Fuhr, and Raoul Sautai > > >The original Italian Version is > >L'ape > >Edizioni E. Elle/Un Libro Da Scoprire > >Cheers > >Jerry Once again, I'll tell you about how wonderful the Internet is. If you go to http://www.amazon.com and do a search on this book, you find: Bees (First Discovery Book) by Gallimard Jeunesse, Raoul Sautai (Editor), Gallimard Jeunesse Spiral Edition Hardcover, 30 pages List: $11.95 -- Amazon.com Price: $10.75 -- You Save: $1.20(10%) Published by Scholastic Trade Publication date: March 1,1997 Dimensions (in inches): 7.21 x 6.29 x .50 ISBN: 0590937804 Availability: This item usually shipped within 2-3 days. Card catalog description: Illustrations with transparent overlays and brief text present information about the physical characteristics and habits of honeybees. I'm not affiliated with Amazon, but I do love their service and convenience and am a happy customer of their's. When you do this lookup, you'll also get links to other books about bees automatically. Pretty cool... Enjoy! --glen