These Bees Count! (These Things Count!) German Blanco Kareem’s mom returns to Syria

Kareem’s mom returns to Syria to help her family but can’t make it back home

staying focused suddenly becomes a lot harder

Prince Hayes would call for her death in an instant if he knew the truth

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These Bees Count! (These Things Count!) German Blanco Kareem’s mom returns to SyriaA 2013 Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner A 2013 CBC NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People In this counting story, Mr. Tate's class takes a field trip to a bee farm and learns about bees and how they make honey. How do bees count? The bees at the Busy Bee Farm buzz through the sky as one big swarm, fly over two waving dandelions, find three wild strawberries dripping tasty nectarAs the children in Mr. Tate's class listen, they learn