Camilla, Super Helper

by Julie Dillemuth PhD, Laura Wood (Illustrator)

Overview

Can 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!
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433841941
Publisher:	American Psychological Association
Publication date:	05/16/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	11 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

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. Visit juliedillemuth.com.

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. Visit laurawoodillustration.com, @LauraWoodIllustration on Facebook, and @laura_wood_illustration on Instagram.

Editorial Reviews

2023-02-25
Helpful friends make mighty superheroes.

Camilla, a wild boar, and Parsley, her porcupine neighbor, are discussing superpowers when their honeybee friend Melli flies in through the window. She explains she’s been exhausted lately because flowers are so sparse that she and fellow hive mates must fly long distances for their nectar and pollen. Camilla comes up with a plan: establishing water stations and planting flowers in the forest. Melli and her fellow bees offer advice on station locations and which flowers to plant. Camilla, a keen cartographer, devises a map on which to mark the station setups, ensuring their proximity to the hive. Other forest animals pitch in, and a big party celebrates the work’s completion. At summer’s end, there’s more to cheer: Flowers bloom, the bees have stored lots of honey, and Melli has more visiting time. Parsley tells Camilla her “special powers” are “spatial,” with Melli adding that Camilla and Parsley are both “super.” Besides offering an introduction to spatial thinking, this story explores cooperation and bee conservation and teaches simple methods for assisting nature’s vital pollinators. Younger children likely won’t understand the calculations Camilla uses to create her map; those unfamiliar with metric measurements also might get confused. The colorful, lively illustrations are appealing; the animal protagonists are expressive and sympathetic. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

Winsome lessons in problem-solving and collaboration. (note to parents & caregivers) (Picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews