WSU’s Hello Little Honey Bee Children’s Book

Weber State University students in HNRS 3900: Children’s Literature: Book Arts & Science (Spring 2022) worked together to create an original children’s book – Hello Little Honey Bee from A to Z. The WSU Arts Learning Collaborative also created a video reading of the book in English and Spanish. The video features WSU Associate Professor of Spanish, Diego Batista as the Bee Keeper, and Annie Batista as Little Honey Bee. Check out this fun video!

https://youtu.be/-2PSam_5CpYhttps://youtu.be/_QrWAiIetzQ

Book in English


Book in Spanish

The Arts Learning Collaborative recently shared this resource with over 100 educators from across the state as part of our latest webinar Honey Bee A to Z on April 20. This webinar was a collaboration with Southern Utah University as part of The Science Around Us Arts Integration Webinar Series and featured the following presenters: Amy Miner, Adam Johnston, Alisa Petersen, Samantha Steffan, Alisa Petersen, and Kelly Bruce Glynn.

Amy Miner (In Focus Education) helped make connections to the Utah standards.

Alisa Petersen (Southern Utah University) showed us how to make a Hexagon book!

Adam Johnston (Weber State University) shared the Honeybee Experience & Science – The Bee-Slides

Tamara Goldbogen (Weber State University) showed us how to make a bee puppet!

Samatha Steffan (Weber State University) shared ideas for integrating music and bees!

Alisa Petersen (Southern Utah University) introduced Hand Lettering for Children as an option for populating the hexagon book with bee content.

Kelly Bruce Glynn (Utah State Board of Education) shared connections between bees and dance strategies.

We loved seeing what people were creating at home!

A special thank you to all of our amazing collaborators on this project:

• WSU instructors: Tamara Goldbogen, Erinne Roundy, K Stevenson

• WSU student authors/illustrators: Audry Neilson, Ravyn Deahl Joshua Tay, Brooklyn Fillpot, Katelyn Tenney, Kyndra Miller

• Editor: Laura Stott

• WSU Spanish Translation Expert: Diego Batista

• Community Partners: Phoebe Carter, Heidi Philpot (Southwest Branch, Weber County Library System), Jazmin Gallegos, Annie Boyer (Book Arts Program, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah)

• Video: Stan Clawson (Video Editing, T9-10 Productions), David Rodriguez (Creative Academic Technology Solutions & puppet work)

• Actors: Diego Batista (Bee Keeper), Annie Batista (Little Honey Bee)

• Puppet Maker: Lisa Leibering

• We are grateful to Dan Bedford (former Honors Director) and to the Eccles Foundation for their support.

• Thank you to BTS Arts, Art Works for Kids, BTS Foundation, Sorenson Legacy Foundation, Weber State University College of Arts & Humanities, Weber State University College of Education, Weber State University Honors Program, and Weber State University Center for Science & Math Education.