Please Please the Bees
By Gerald Kelley · Read by Rashida Jones
- Illustrated by
- Gerald Kelley
- Published by
- Albert Whitman & Company
- Official grade range
- 1st–3rd
- Official run time
- 5:00
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What you can teach with this story
A bear who takes a daily honey supply for granted has to understand the bees’ work and needs when they stop producing it for him.
Why it fits
The clear imbalance and negotiation support discussion of fairness, interdependence, and mutually beneficial solutions.
Teaching focus
Explain how recognizing another group’s work changes a problem and its solution.
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