The Bumblebear

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Families across the country will be following Norman the bear's adventure at Bee School this autumn, when the amusing and colourful picture book The Bumblebear (Nadia Shireen; Random House) goes out to every reception-age child in England. He comes up with a hilarious plan to dress up as a bee to join bee school and try to blend in. When questioned about how BIG he is, Norman confirms that he’s a special bee from giant bee land!

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Have you heard the buzz? This funny and fantastic picture book was given out for free to every Reception child in England in 2017. Thanks so much for your lovely message and for everything that you do with Book Wagon. Yourself and Bob are much cherished in our booky world and I personally really appreciate everything that you do. It’s another Bookwagon day in our house. The kids were so excited to get their latest books in the post. Norman the bear loves honey, so he thinks up an ingenious plan to get his paws on as much as he can eat - by enrolling at Bee School! An endearing tale about friendship and loyalty.

A week’s planning for Foundation Stage 1 and 2 for Nadia Shareen’s Book Bumblebear. Full of exciting activities to stimulate learning.

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Amusing colourful illustrations with witty details, such as a bee wearing a little bear costume, add gentle humour to this endearing tale about friendship and loyalty. Buy from our bookstore and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. *15% of eBooks. Home > Yet what is it about him that bothers Amelia? Can she catch Norman out? It’s true that his motivation in joining Bee School is because he ‘ really, really loves honey‘ and is ‘always sad when it runs out’. Therefore, what might happen should Amelia lead Norman to the Secret Honey Store? Can Norman maintain his bee-autiful disguise? Furthermore, what if another interloper might discover the Secret Honey Store? What might Norman’s instincts be-e?

I have even talked the head into a little revamp of the library so that we can display them properly!

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Dressed in a bear-sized bee costume, Norman makes a convincing, if rather large, bee. He thoroughly enjoys the lessons and learns all sorts of useful skills, such as buzzing, waggly dancing and even flying. The other bees love him, as he always tries his best and is great fun to be around. It takes place every year on the 20th May and is the perfect opportunity to spread awareness and talk about how important bees are. Newsround on CBBC has some fantastic information to dig into and ideas on how you can encourage bees to pay your garden a little visit.