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Publication details

Beatrice is a bee on Tocal, she is part of a team that includes bees and people. When all the members of a team work together, and do their part, amazing things can happen! This new book joins our children's book series sharing information about Australian food production on Tocal. In Beatrice children will learn about working as a team as well as about how a bee colony operates and the role of the beekeeper in making sure they have everything they need to produce beautiful fresh honey.

About this series

Beatrice is one of a series of stories aimed at developing agricultural understanding in young students, as well as an appreciation of the work involved in producing food and fibre on Australian farms. The other titles in this series are Barbara, Bosley and Bruce, Charlotte, Freda, Jack and Dunedoo and Sunny and Ruby. In the back of each book is a page describing the agricultural knowledge in the story, to help teachers and parents get the most from the books.

Title          Beatrice       
Authors          Jo Hathway and Nicky Parker         
Pages          20         
ISBN          978-1-76058-762-8         
Catalogue number          B998         
Year published          2024         
Publisher          NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development         
Price          $15.00AUD (inc GST)


Learning resources

  • There is an activity booklet to go along with the stories which includes background information for teachers and parents, and helps students clarify the food and fibre learning as well as the social/emotional learning. Download the booklet.
  • The activity sheets are also available as forms, so that your young people can be honing their computer skills while learning about the Tocal farms and food and fibre production in Australia. This download is a zip file that includes individual forms for each activity.
  • Some of the books have an Auslan interpreted reading on YouTube, the rest will be added as we complete them. See the videos.

These books and related educational activities were shortlisted in the 2020 Educational Publishing Awards Australia.

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