Camilla, Super Helper
ISBN: 978-1-4338-4193-4Can super helpers Camilla and Parsley help their friends the bees find enough flowers and water during a hot, dry summer?
Camilla the Cartographer and her loyal sidekick Parsley are back again to help their friends in this third companion book to the critically acclaimed Camilla, Cartographer. With summer comes sun, lemonade, and...drought? Camilla and Parsley's bee friend Melli and the rest of her hive are having trouble finding enough water and flowers to make honey. Can Camilla use her mapping skills–and the friendship of the other forest animals–to help?
Includes a Note to Parents & Caregivers with more information about map-making, spatial awareness, and the importance of bees!
Julie Dillemuth has a PhD in geography with expertise in spatial cognition. She is passionate about writing picture books that help children (and adults!) develop and practice spatial thinking skills. Her stories have appeared in Highlights for Children and Odyssey magazines. She is the author of Lucy in the City, Mapping My Day, Camilla, Cartographer, and Camilla and the Big Change.
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Laura Wood's work can be found in picture books and magazines, including Lucy and the City, Mapping My Day, Camilla, Cartographer, and Camilla and the Big Change. She currently lives in Milan, Italy.
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Helpful friends make mighty superheroes. Offering an introduction to spatial thinking, this story explores cooperation and bee conservation and teaches simple methods for assisting nature’s vital pollinators…The colorful, lively illustrations are appealing; the animal protagonists are expressive and sympathetic. Winsome lessons in problem-solving and collaboration.
—Kirkus Reviews
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