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Charlie Catches a Bee: A Child's Read-Aloud Story Book by Charles Albert Haigh (Paperback / softback, 2014)

After World War II has ended, four-year-old Charlie lives with his mom and dad in a large house, surrounded by clover fields, in South Carolina. Charlie loves lying barefoot on his tummy in the clover, making crude drawings of honey bees flitting from blossom to blossom. One hot summer day, Charlie tells himself that if he could see bees better, he could draw them better. He traps a bee inside a glass jar, screws the lid on tightly and runs into the kitchen to show the bee to his mom. Charlie's mom praises him for his curiosity and inventiveness. Then she explains how important bees are, making honey and pollinating plants. She tells Charlie the bee will die in the jar and that he needs to go outside and set the bee free. Charlie reluctantly takes the jar outside and starts to open it to free the bee. Then, seeing his mom isn't watching, he changes his mind and screws the lid back on, determined to draw the bee before setting it free. Charlie's action has unintended consequences. He learns some hard lessons about trapping bees in glass jars and about disobeying his mom. Or, does he? The following Saturday, on a picnic in the yard with his mom and dad, Charlie learns even harder lessons about bees, their attraction to iced tea sweetened with honey, and the perils of catching them.

Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Author Biography
Charles Haigh is a former Air Force pilot and high school English and ESL teacher. He stays fit by walking golf, playing tennis, riding motorcycles and scooters, working out on a home gym, and enjoying long, strenuous bike rides along the Pacific Ocean beach strand. His fitness motto: Stayin' fit, if it kills me! Two amazing sons and five marvelous, talented, curious, super active grandchildren help keep him both thinking and acting young. He lives for the day he holds his first great-grandchild. Charles is a SAG/AFTRA member who occasionally works in TV and motion pictures. He played Headman in The Last Lovecraft - The Relic of Cthulhu and has appeared in several national and worldwide TV commercials. He co-wrote and acted in a film shot on location in Poland. A South Carolina native, Charles lives now in the sunny and 75 South Bay area of Los Angeles with his beautiful, talented, always-fun-to-be-with Chinese wife of 45 (and counting) years. His life motto: If it ain't fun, why do it?
Date of Publication
27/09/2014
Imprint
Createspace
Country of Publication
United States

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