Recommended reading on nature related topics from librarians at the Toledo Lucas County Public  Library.

Wasps
By Martha E. H. Rustad

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“Did you know that wasps chew plants and wood to make a paste that hardens into paper? They use this paste to make the nests in which they live. Eager readers will learn how wasps help protect plants, use their stingers, and build different kinds of nests.”

--Hoopla

Amazing Bees
By Sue Unstead

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“Learn everything there is know about bees in ‘Amazing Bees’! From buzzing to different flowers to being a vital part of the earth's ecosystem, bees are very busy creatures.”

--bibliocommons

Why Do We Need Bees?
By Katie Daynes

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“Why do we need bees? How do they make honey? And who's who in a beehive? Children can find the answers to these questions and many more in this informative lift-the-flap book. With colorful illustrations, simple text and chunky flaps to lift, young children can discover lots of amazing facts about bees and why they need our help.”

-- Amazon.com

A Book of Bees
By Sue Hubbell

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”Exploring the progression of both the author and the hive through the seasons, this is ‘a book about bees to be sure, but it is also about other things: the important difference between loneliness and solitude; the seasonal rhythms inherent in rural living; the achievement of independence; the accommodating of oneself to nature’ (Philadelphia Inquirer). Beautifully written and full of exquisitely rendered details, it is a tribute to Hubbell's wild hilltop in the Ozarks and of the joys of living a complex life in a simple place. “

--bibliocommons

Kill or Bee Killed
By Jennie Marts

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”They say you get more flies with honey, but in this case, more honey may mean you end up dead. And a little competition never hurt anyone- unless it ends up killing you."

-- Publisher's website

The Mighty Pollinators
By Helen Frost

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"When you are outside on a summer's day, have you ever seen fine powder on a flower or floating on the breeze? That's pollen, almost invisible, waiting for the only thing it needs -- a ride on the wind, or a wing, or a feather. And it's the pollinators, small and mighty, who hold the world together with their work."

-- Provided by publisher.