What If There Were No Bees?: A Book About the Grassland Ecosystem (Food Chain Reactions)

I'm a middle school librarian. Last year, I needed to weed the science section of my library as it was severely outdated. I'm adding this book immediately. It's well written with solid science facts but also shows a possible progression of life without bees. It's good, short enough for some of my kids who struggle with science and engaging.

I am using this with first grader in my library to start our project-based learning about how to help save there bees. Great illustrations and facts, and the author writes in a clearly understandable way for little ones.

Great book for learning about food chains and ecosystems. My students really enjoyed this read. I chose this book over the other ones because I felt like my students could relate to it the best. They enjoyed it and the illustrations/visuals are great!

Purchased for my niece who is afraid of bees. Through this book, she has gained a greater appreciation of bees and their role in nature.

I bought this book to use as a read-a-loud in my classroom and my students loved it! This is a great book to use when wanting to capture your student's attention, while teaching them about craft and informational texts. I never knew how important bees are! I recommend!

I bought two copies, one for my son and one for my niece. They are only 2 and 3, respectively, but love it nonetheless. Their parents are botanists/environmental chemists so they are used to this type of thing anyway. =) I paired the books with bumblebee nests made in a block of wood so the kids can read about the importance of bees and check to see if bees have made nests in the wood in the garden. Highly recommended!

I loved this book. We read it to our Brownie Girl Scout Troop as information for the girls to earn their Bug Badge with. We loved learning the definition of a keystone species and my daughter has constantly reminded her brothers that honeybees are vital to the ecosystem ever since. Highly recommended!

Good book and lots of pretty illustrations. I especially like that the book includes definitions and additional information.

Pages are large enough for good accurate Illustrations. The illustrations bring a 3D aspect to all the drawings including flowers petals, leaves, animal's fur and bee wings and fuzzy bodies. My students are completely enthralled as am I with the fabulous illustrations. However, I believe the "its critical" blue inserts take away from the "wow" factor. They could simply be included in the printed information section of on each page. I like the large print so I can read it upside down during a lesson. I do not understand the food chain arrows or colouring correspondences.

Great for teaching grade 4 about keystone species and the impact humans have on animals. A must have for the class.

Doing a Bee unit with my daycare

It is probably my fault but I did not realise that this is a children's book. Perhaps others would realise this from the author or the series. However, as a children's book, it is informative and nicely illustrated.