By: Sean Avery
Genre: YFW - Comic strip fiction / graphic novels
Published by: Walker Books Australia
Published: 5 Apr 2023
ISBN: 9781760654351

Description

Friendly Bee wants to be friends with every bug he meets, whether they like it or not.


Meet Friendly Bee: he's a bee who puts himself out there, a bee who sees the best in other beings. Sometimes, Friendly Bee’s cheerful attitude gets him into trouble – like almost being squashed by an excessively large shoe; or becoming a delicious meal for the mildly homicidal Enormous Hairy Spider. Luckily, Friendly Bee’s reluctant best friend Angry Wasp is there to save this buzzing buffoon from certain doom – if he really has to.


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Review

As the title suggests, Bee is friendly! He is enthusiastic and loves exploring.


The problem is, not everyone shares his enthusiasm. Particularly Angry Wasp, who as his name also suggests, is not very friendly.


No matter how hard Angry Wasp tries to convince Friendly Bee that they are not friends and that he does not like flowers, Friendly Bee just ignores him. Friendly Bee knows that they really are friends!


Follow these two ‘friends’ (one who is very enthusiastic, and one very reluctant one!), as they get caught in all sorts of tricky situations, as they navigate trying to help others and overcome their ongoing differences.


With facts about all the bugs and insects scattered throughout, as told by Clever Cricket, this is a delightful and humorous new graphic novel series about friendship and acceptance, that will be thoroughly be enjoyed by junior to middle primary students.