THE POET AND THE BEES

Winner of the 2026 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award

“Every page of this book is a master class in taking an ordinary activity — beekeeping — and, by infusing the text with emotion and poetic language, making it extraordinary.”  

“Often-exquisite verse . . . Attentive, deeply respectful, lovely.”—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

“Delicate, understated poems. . .one for each season.”—Publishers Weekly

“Spare, graceful free-verse poems . . . captured beautifully.”—The Horn Book Review

Published by Penguin Random House, February 11, 2025