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The King of Bees
Lester L Laminack; Illustrated by Jim LaMarche
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R291
R240
Discovery Miles 2 400
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Every Saturday a young boy rides his bicycle up and down country
roads past farms, a graveyard, and a filling station, until he
reaches his beloved Mammaws house. She is waiting for him. While
she picks tomatoes, he pushes the lawnmower through the dew-wet
grass. Afterwards, he always helps her make teacakes from scratch,
breaking the eggs and stirring the batter. But the best part, he
remembers, is eating the hot, sweet cakes fresh from the oven. Set
in a small town in the Leave It to Beaverdays of the mid-sixties,
the story evokes a gentler and more innocent time and place. Young
readers will almost hear the sounds of bicycle wheels on gravel and
the criiick-craaack-criiick of a metal glider in Laminacks richly
detailed prose. Award-winning illustrator Chris Soentpiets images
beautifully capture the relationship and the place, perfectly
depicting the simplicity of an earlier time.
The Tuckers' farm is a peaceful place: cows chew their cud, hens
lay their eggs, and the old hound rests on the porch. Everyone has
a job and no one complains. That is, until a hapless peacock
suddenly falls off the back of a passing truck and stirs things up.
Soon, customers are flocking to the farm to see what all the
fuss is about, and business is booming. But the hens don't like the
newcomer getting attention while they stay cooped up doing all the
hard work. The wise old hound sees the problem and helps his
feathered friends orchestrate a job swap. What follows is the
hilarious tale of three hens who get in way over their feathered
heads, and one very distressed peacock who just can't figure out
how to lay an egg.
Jake is so excited about his 100th Day of School, he runs to catch
the school bus without his project, but fortunately, with the help
of his principal, Jake is able to find a perfect substitute for his
project.
So begins author Lester Laminack's poetic memory of the adult who
made him feel incredibly special--his grandmother. Every Saturday,
the narrator, a young boy, rides his bicycle up and down country
roads past farms, a grave-yard, and a filling station, until he
reaches his beloved Mammaw's house. She is waiting for him. No one
else, just him. While she picks tomatoes, he pushes the lawnmower
through the dew-we grass. Afterwards, he always helps her make
teacakes from scratch, breaking the eggs and stirring the batter.
But the best part, he remembers, is eating the hot, sweet cookies
fresh from the oven. Children will understand the special love
between the boy and his grandmother. Set in a small own in the
"Leave It to Beaver days of the mid-sixties, the story evokes a
gentler and more innocent time and place. Young readers will almost
hear the crunch of bicycle wheels on gravel and the
"criiick-craaack-criick of a metal glider in Laminack's richly
detailed prose. Award-winning illustrator Chris Soentpiet's images
beautifully capture the relationship and the place, perfectly
depicting the simplicity of an earlier time.
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