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Description
1 volume (in box) : color illustrations + 1 instruction booklet. Statement of responsibility from back cover of book. "The Bee Book is part of the Foliage LIbrary, a series of educational pop-up books by Matt Holbein & Emily Brooks."--Accompanying instruction booklet. "The Foliage LIbrary: Exploring nature through interactive folding books"--Back of box. The artists were inspired by classes on artists' books and pop-up books taught at the RIT Libraries for the creation of this book and others from their company. Funding for The Bee Book was obtained through a Kickstarter campaign. "The Bee Book is an illustrated interactive folding pop-up children's book. It has a unique hexagonal structure inspired by the shape of honey-combs, and its pieces flip out and unfold into different layers of hexagons and diamonds. The layers act as pages and contain colorful, realistic illustrations of the six families of bees found in North America and the flowers they are attracted to. Included along with the illustrations are fun facts which describe how these bees go about pollinating flowers, why they are drawn to specific flowers in particular, and how different flavors of honey occur naturally based on the kinds of flowers involved in the process. In addition to this, the very structure of the book is a learning opportunity as it incorporates a great deal of geometry and mathematical thought. By seeing how basic shapes move and fold in space, the brain will be more apt to understand how two-dimensional shapes relate to the physical world. Exposing children to this sort of stimuli at a young age could increase their likelihood to comprehend and enjoy math classes later in their education. Overall, The Bee Book incorporates elements of art, geometry, engineering, and environmentalism and can help awaken interests in these topics in both children and adults."--Publisher's website, http://thefoliagelibrary.com/, viewed December 8, 2015. Accompanied by a publisher's announcement postcard for this book, inscribed by the artists to Kari Horowicz, Art and Photography Librarian, RIT Libraries. NRRI
ISBN
HolbeinBrooks_TheBeeBook.pdf
Publication Date
2015
Imprint / Year
[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] : The Foliage Library, 2015
Publisher
The Foliage Library
City
Pittsburgh
Keywords
Nature; ecology; scientific illustrations (images); North America; Apoidea (superfamily); environmentalism; geometry; flowers (plants); pop-up books; scientific illustrations (images); layers
Disciplines
Book and Paper
RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record
Recommended Citation
Holbein, Matt; Brooks, Emily; Foliage Library; Collections, Special; and Library, Fleet, "The Bee Book" (2015). Pop-up and Movable Books. 126.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_books_popupandmovablebooks/126