Featuring Kate Farrell’s rhyming text and Caitlin Kuhwald’s bold art, plus thoughtful back matter, the book is a gorgeous, and crucial, addition to every young reader’s library. It makes the perfect gift for fans of A Is for Activist, Woke Baby, and Feminist Baby.

    From the highs—first snowfall, first new umbrella, first beach trip—to the lows—first missed bus, first lost umbrella, first sunburn— every year older means another cycle of everyday experiences. In their clever, playful, observant picture book, acclaimed author Cheryl B. Klein and illustrator Qin Leng explore many truths of childhood through a calendar year of small moments that, all together, comprise what it is to be a kid.

    Bzzzzzzzzzzzzz.Little Beais a busy, busy bee.When the sun wakes up,so does she.Friends! She needs to visit them.Treats! She needs to share them.Chores!She needs to do them.Games!She needs to play them.The whole wide world!She needs to explore itbefore the sun goes to sleep.Bzzzzzzzzzzzzz.Won't you come buzz along with Little Bea?