Fall 2025

Bees

From the Series Earth's Smallest Superheroes (Real-Life Reads)

  • Interest Level: Grade 2 - Grade 5
  • Reading Level: Grade 3

Packed with science, this title is a celebration of these striped, fuzzy, and busy insect superheroes that will introduce readers to the fascinating and complicated lives of bees.

Using stunning photos, 3D artwork, and microscope imagery, peer into the hidden worlds of honeybees, bumblebees, and solitary bees. These tiny creatures may be small, but without these buzzing superheroes, humans could not exist on Earth.

  • Meet some VERY unusual bee species
  • Discover how bees help pollinate many of the food plants that humans rely on
  • Go on a foraging flight with a bee and see up close how she gathers nectar and then turns it into honey
  • See inside a bees’ nest and learn about bee life cycles
  • Learn how bees are essential to habitats and ecosystems everywhere
  • And find out why Earth’s bees are in trouble and what we can all do to help them
A high-interest, nonfiction read for fans of wildlife and factual books, with lots of fun and some cool superhero references.

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Interest Level Grade 2 - Grade 5
Reading Level Grade 3
Genre Science
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Browseable Nonfiction, Animals
Copyright 2026
Publisher Ruby Tuesday Books
Brand Real-Life Reads
Imprint Ruby Tuesday Books
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2025-09-02
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF003120, JNF051150, JNF051100
Dewey 595
Dimensions 8.25 x 11
Guided Reading Level S
ATOS Reading Level 4.9
Accelerated Reader® Points 1.0
Features Glossary, Index, Sidebars, and Table of contents

Author: Alix Wood

Alix Wood has written over 200 children’s nonfiction titles. With a degree in Early Years Education, and a design background, creating engaging books is her dream job.