Book Description
for Being Bee by Catherine Bateson
From The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)
Life gets complicated for Bee (who thinks Dad and her two guinea pigs, Fifi and Lulu, are all that is needed for a perfect family) when Jazzi, her father’s girlfriend, moves in. This is a thoughtful and humorous story of a young girl dealing with numerous important life issues: her mother’s death, a new woman in her father’s life, and relationships with school friends. 2008 USBBY Outstanding International Books List, Children’s Book Council of Aus tralia’s 2007 Book of the Year: Young Readers. ca
Originally published by the University of Queensland Press Australia, in 2006.
Bridges to Understanding: Envisioning the World through Children's Books. © USBBY, 2011. Used with permission.
