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    Who Stole the Bees’ Wings? | Dedicated Review

    Jennifer LemmBy Jennifer Lemm3 Mins Read Ages 4-8 Animal Books Author Showcase Environment & Ecology Picture Books
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    Who Stole the Bees’ Wings?

    Created by Jeff Falyn

    Illustrated by Dezla Falyn and Lyndsay Dawkins

    Ages 4+ | 32 Pages

    Publisher: Nature’s Theater | ISBN-13: 9781940255064

    What to Expect: Child-crafted illustrations, working together, circle of life, friendship

    In Who Stole the Bees’ Wings?, author Jeff Falyn and mother-daughter illustrators Dezla Falyn and Lyndsay Dawkins have created an enchanting and amusing book sure to captivate young children and the adults that read to them. The story begins as Blue Flower tells Frog that the bees are gone; without the bees, she cannot make seeds, and the food chain will become disrupted. In a classic cautionary tale style, Frog sets forth on an adventure to find Know-It-Owl and to solve the problem of the missing bees. It turns out that the bees are not missing at all; somebody has stolen their wings. But who?

    The Falyn family has crafted a well-paced story that blends real-world environmental issues with fantasy elements that keep kids turning pages. This simple story focuses on the idea that “little can do big things.” Both younger and older readers will surely take that away from the positive messages in the book (such as teamwork from the forest animals as they work together to solve the problem of the missing bees).

    Young readers will appreciate and relate to the unique inclusion of drawings from child-illustrator Dezla Falyn, who brings a raw energy to the pages that only a young person could deliver. The combination of childish, swirly, spiral faces on the animals blends well with the more refined watercolor backgrounds created by her mother, Lyndsay Dawkins, helping readers decode Jeff Falyn’s fantastic written words.

    Who Stole the Bees’ Wings? is an enjoyable and subtly educational choice for adult-child story times and new readers who know familiar words and can sound out new vocabulary with visual clues. This book would work well in a classroom or home library and is sure to be read again and again!

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    About Jeff Falyn

    Let me state this upfront; Jeff did not steal the bees’ wings. He does have a long history of writing whimsical eco-stories for young children. He has co-written 25 outdoor Walking Stories, and four theatrical stage plays. Thousands of children from the US and Australia have experienced his imaginative storytelling style. Who Stole the Bees’ Wings’ is the first book in the Little can do BIG Things series.

    Learn more about Jeff and his stories at naturestheater.org.

    Jeff Falyn: Author Headshot

    About Dezla Falyn

    At six years old, Dezla Falyn drew all the characters with oil pastels. In her creative flow, she gave all her characters spiral faces—we don’t know why, but we love them. The background art also evolved from her watercolor paintings at six.

    Dezla Falyn: Illustrator Headshot

    About Lyndsay Dawkins

    Lyndsay Dawkins spent many years in creative development and design for the entertainment business. She used her expertise in graphic design and transformed Dezla’s characters and art into a world for Who Stole the Bees’ Wings.

    Lyndsay Dawkins: Illustrator Headshot

    Dedicated Reviews allow authors and illustrators to gain prompt visibility for their work. This is a sponsored*, non-biased review of Who Stole the Bees’ Wings. Learn more about getting a book review …

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    Jennifer Lemm

    Jennifer Lemm grew up in Wisconsin, where she graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education.  She has taught in a variety of classrooms. Currently living in Colorado and a stay-at-home mother to three, as a lifelong reader, she can often be found with her nose in a book, adding to her ever-increasing pile of to-be-read books.  When not reading, Jennifer (along with her family) is often found cheering for her favorite sports teams or outside enjoying nature.

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