About This Book
Reach for this book when your child or teen is grappling with headlines about global conflict, feeling disconnected from the wider world, or expressing a sense of hopelessness about current events. Naomi Shihab Nye uses the gentle, industrious honeybee as a metaphor for human connection, reminding readers that even across borders and battlefields, we are all buzzing with the same small daily hopes and routines. It is an ideal choice for a young person who feels deeply and needs a quiet, artistic space to process big questions about justice and peace. Through these poems and short prose pieces, Nye shifts the focus from scary headlines to the shared humanity found in a cup of coffee, a handwritten letter, or a child wrapping a simple gift. It is a comforting, secular, and deeply empathetic collection that validates a teen's worries while offering a path toward seeing the world with more kindness.
