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    Sweet Peas and Honeybees
    Sweet Peas and Honeybees
    Sweet Peas and Honeybees
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    Sweet Peas and Honeybees

    By Jenny Meyerhoff and Éva Chatelain

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    Anna and her friends throw a Summer Bee Bash in the fourth book in the Friendship Garden series.

    The Friendship Garden summer program is in full swing. The summer session, called Sweet Peas and Honeybees, is going to be all about flowers…and bugs. Anna hates bugs! But her little brother, Colin, loves them. And now he’s going to be following Anna around all summer long. B-L-E-C-H.

    The gardeners also meet Mr. Munoz, a beekeeper who lives nearby. He tells them all about how important bees are to gardens. When Anna finds out that the honeybees are in danger because of colony collapse disorder, she becomes obsessed with saving them. Maybe too obsessed! Kaya, Reed, and Bailey miss seeing Anna, who spends all of her time thinking of ways to rescue honeybees, and not enough time with her friends.

    At the same time, Anna’s little brother, Colin, won’t stay out of her way, and Anna just wants him to buzz off.

    Can Anna save the bees…or will her buzzing new hobby keep her friends far away?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAladdin
    Release dateMay 10, 2016
    ISBN9781481439190
    Sweet Peas and Honeybees
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    Jenny Meyerhoff

    Jenny Meyerhoff is author of the Barftastic Life of Louie Burger series, as well as the books Sami’s Sleepaway Summer, Third Grade Baby, and Queen of Secrets. She is also the proud planter of her very own vegetable garden. Jenny grows string beans, broccoli, and spinach, but she has never picked a purple pepper. When she’s not busy writing, she likes to hang out with her husband and three children playing Scrabble and watching movies.

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      Sweet Peas and Honeybees - Jenny Meyerhoff

      Little glimmers of sunlight sparkled in Anna Fincher’s window, and one sunny beam warmed her cheek. Anna sat up in bed and smiled at the green leaves of the oak tree fluttering outside her bedroom window. She tilted her head and listened to the sweet coo of a mourning dove. There was only one word that could describe such a perfect day. S-U-M-M-E-R!

      Anna hopped out of bed and got dressed in the special outfit she had laid out the night before. Shorts and a light T-shirt to keep herself cool, a wide-brimmed hat to keep the sun off her face, and thick socks with sturdy gardening boots. Anna couldn’t wait to spend all day in the Friendship Garden.

      During the school year, Anna and her friends visited the garden several times a week as part of an after-school gardening club. Now that it was summer, Anna’s teacher, Mr. Hoffman, was leading a Friendship Garden summer program called Friends, Fun, and Flowers. For two whole weeks, Anna and her friends would get to hang out in the garden all day—well, not really all day, since there would be field trips and other activities in addition to gardening.

      Anna hurried to the kitchen for breakfast.

      Good morning, Anna Banana! Anna’s father was already in the kitchen. He was the main cook at home, because Anna’s mother was the head chef at a fancy restaurant. Mr. Fincher spooned a large dollop of yogurt into a blue bowl. This morning I will be serving make-your-own yogurt bowls with homemade granola.

      Anna took her bowl to the table and spooned sliced bananas, blueberries, granola, and a drizzle of honey onto her yogurt as Anna’s mother shuffled into the kitchen in her pajamas. Anna’s younger brother, Collin, walked in behind her carrying a butterfly net and a magnifying glass. Collin swung the net around and then plunked it down, right on Anna’s head.

      Gotcha! he shouted.

      Anna pulled the net from her hair. I’m not a bug, Collin, she reminded him, even though that seemed obvious to her.

      I know, Collin said. I was just practicing.

      Anna took a deep breath and tried not to feel annoyed as Collin laid down his net. When everyone was at the table, Anna’s mom wrapped both hands around her coffee mug and said, Are you two ready for camp?

      Anna nodded as she licked yogurt and honey from the back of her spoon. I can’t wait! Maria gave the Friendship Garden an extra plot so we can grow rosebushes and fancy flowers!

      Collin looked at Anna’s bowl, then added all the same toppings to his yogurt as Anna’s. I can’t wait too, Collin said, taking in a mouthful of yogurt. He finished chewing, then added, Bugs, Bugs, Bugs is going to be even better than first grade. The website said that a real entomologist was going to talk to us. That’s a person who studies bugs!

      Collin wriggled his fingers, then crawled them up Anna’s arm. A shiver ran down her spine. She knew bugs could be important for the garden, but she didn’t like to get too close to them.

      Anna liked her little brother, but sometimes it seemed like all he thought about was bugs—and his favorite bug was bugging Anna. She was glad

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