OMFG, BEES!: Bees Are So Amazing and You're About to Find Out Why

by Matt Kracht

Overview

Are you ready for the ultimate bee book? With lighthearted watercolor and ink drawings, humorous quips, lists, and musings, OMFG, BEES! will show you just how important these esteemed bee-list celebrities really are. (Hint: We can't live without them.)

Delving into various bee topics, from distinguishing between bees and not bees (very crucial), to exploring the absolute wonder that is bee behavior (they do a coded dance directing their bee friends to food, for crying out loud!), to divulging the mind-blowing bee-magic behind honey making (within some extremely intricate and precisely constructed hexagonal honeycomb, no big deal), and more, Kracht's ode to bees paints a charming and enthusiastic picture of our favorite pollinators.

Bee-autiful full-color illustrations fill these pages that playfully and earnestly examine different kinds of bees, from the honeybee to the teddy bear bee, providing unbelievably cool facts about bees and reasons why they deserve a lot more credit as well as our appreciation and advocacy. Because omfg, BEES!!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781797223001
Publisher:	Chronicle Books LLC
Publication date:	03/28/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	52,753
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

Matt Kracht is an amateur birder, writer, and illustrator who enjoys creating books that celebrate the humor inherent in life's absurdities. He is the author of the bestselling The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America and its sequel, The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World. Based in Seattle, he enjoys gazing out the window at the beautiful waters of Puget Sound and making fun of birds. He also likes bees. Like, a lot.

Editorial Reviews

"Filled as it is with cheerful expletives and outrageous humor, it clearly has appeal...Kracht even serves up the serious news, and there is some, with big-hearted energy. He actually provides first-aid info in case you ever come across a bumblebee that appears to be in dire straits. I ended up loving OMFG, Bees! And I think you might, too."

—Our Coast Weekend

"Bees are so amazing, and Matt Kracht tells us why - in words and downright silly hand-captioned illustrations- mixing science and whimsy in a memorable and educational way."

— San Diego Union-Tribune

"Whether readers love or fear bees, this volume will teach most everyone something new about our fuzzy, flitting friends while making readers laugh out loud...gloriously funny...a joy to read"

—Booklist

From the Publisher

10/01/2023

The energy of artist and author Kracht (Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America) pours from these pages, with text and illustrations enhanced by arrows, underlining, and circled words. While often employing bold turns of phrase (northern giant hornets are "murdering bastards"), there is solid science here too, such as Kracht's descriptions of the seven classes of bees. Bee jobs (worker; drone), bee smarts, cool bees, and a list of "Bees I'd Like To Hang Out With" are all here as well, delivered with plenty of swearing and a boatload of exclamation points. Final chapters cover the environmental benefits of bees, bee-friendly flowers, and how to support a healthy bee ecosystem. VERDICT Playful watercolors and bee-enhanced modifications to classic art add to the humorous text.

Library Journal