This is a realistic fiction story about a young girl and her grandpa who are beekeepers. The book details them getting all dressed in the proper gear and walking over to the bee yard. The book details how the young girl, with her grandpas help, gets the bee swarms to relocate to the hives they have created for them. They relocate them so that they can eventually harvest the honey. ( )

She had me with the opening phrase, "The springtime sunshine pours like warm honey from the sky…" I loved this book, not only for the rich language or the strong granddaughter to grandfather bond it is based in, but because of its overarching gentleness. It feels like a quiet observational text, one that doesn't force itself on the characters, but rather lets the story come as it will. There are no great speeches dripping with deep wisdom, just a record of the experience told with a comforting lilt. ( )

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