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Little Bee Books our eponymous imprint, is dedicated to making high-quality, creative, and fun books for busy little bees ages 0 through 12, offering an inspired selection of early learning concept books, board books, novelty books, activity books, picture books, chapter books, nonfiction, gift sets, and more.
BuzzPop, an imprint of Little Bee Books, is a media and licensing publisher designed to bring the very best of pop culture, favorite brands, and media tie-ins to fans of all ages. With a list including Mattel books, a full line of Pinkfong Baby Shark titles, and Crayola coloring and activity books, as well as publishing programs featuring boundary-breaking social media influencers such as Karina Garcia, BuzzPop is devoted to creating empowering and diverse books for everyone. For more information please visit buzzpopbooks.com.
Yellow Jacket, an imprint of Little Bee Books, is a middle grade and young adult publisher of series and standalone titles for ages 8 and up, covering an array of genres including humor, historical fiction, magical realism, coming-of-age stories, graphic novels, and much more. For more information please visit yellowjacketreads.com.
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Apple of My Eye (A Shaped Novelty Board Book for Toddlers)
$9.99You’re amazing to your core! Spread love and fruity puns with this apple-shaped board book. You’re the apple of my eye. Such a sweetheart! You’re so good in a jam. You’ve got a piece of my tart! Kids will love this delicious board book in
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All That You Are
$18.99You are unending sunshine. You are dazzlingly whole. This joyful, uplifting picture book about home and heritage celebrates multiracial children and the unique family stories that shape us all. You are your mother’s bright eyes and her joyful wide grin, Your father’s big heart and
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Say Something, Poupeh Babaee!: A Graphic Novel (Hardcover)
$24.99Poupeh needs to speak up for her parents at an embassy interview-the problem is that she’s been rendered mute! Smile meets New Kid in this funny, heartwarming, poignant graphic novel about the toll immigrating to the United States takes on a kid’s mental health. Poupeh Babaee is an Iranian
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Diwali: Love and Light (An Our Neighborhood Series Board Book for Toddlers Celebrating Hindu Culture)
$9.99Shubh Diwali! Join a joyful and sweet celebration of Diwali in this gorgeous board book highlighting a fun Hindu festivity. Our Neighborhood is a series of board books that celebrates every kids’ culture so kids can find themselves, their family, and their friends in every book.
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Chuseok: A Good Harvest Festival (An Our Neighborhood Series Board Book for Toddlers Celebrating Korean Culture)
$9.99Have a good Chuseok! Join a joyful and sweet celebration of Chuseok in this gorgeous board book highlighting a fun Korean festivity. Our Neighborhood is a series of board books that celebrates every kids’ culture so kids can find themselves, their family, and their friends
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Dough Much Love (A Shaped Novelty Board Book for Toddlers)
$9.99This a-dough-rable and giftable doughnut-shaped board book will celebrate readers and their loved ones through tasty doughnuts and delicious puns! Collect all the tasty books in the Delish Delights series. Kids will love this delicious board book, shaped like a doughnut, in which love for
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Neecy and Nay Nay and the Green Thumbs (Neecy and Nay Nay #3) (A Little Bee Books Chapter Book Series) (Hardcover)
$16.99Twin sisters Neecy and Nay Nay use their green thumbs to plant a garden in this hilarious, heartwarming chapter book series celebrating Black joy, sisterhood, family, and friendship. When Big Mama is chosen to run Franklin Hills’s community garden, Neecy and Nay Nay put themselves
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The Alien Next Door 11: A Fishy Adventure (Hardcover)
$16.99In the eleventh book of the Alien Next Door series, Zeke’s parents are off-planet, and Harris and Zeke are tasked with researching the ocean and its creatures–on their own! It’s time for summer vacation, and Zeke and Harris are excited to take a road trip
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Un-Wanted
$18.99All is well in one dog’s life until he must investigate a mysterious, unwanted visitor who keeps intruding his house in this hilarious companion to I’m Not Missing. I don’t want to sound paranoid, but I swear something’s been watching me. After his adventure running away, life has
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I Am NOT a Vampire
$18.99Arlo’s whole family are vampires . . . except him. This funny and heartwarming picture book celebrates Arlo as he navigates his identity and becomes his true self. Growing up in Pumpkin Valley, a magical town with werewolves, witches, monsters, and ghouls, Arlo is impatiently
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Sunshine Baby, Bofrot Cheeks
$14.99Follow a sunshine-bright baby as he goes about his busy day with his dad in this perfect gift for new parents! Sunshine Baby Bofrot Cheeks Daddy tickles Baby shrieks Sunshine Baby, Bofrot Cheeks follows a day in the life of a rambunctious little baby and his
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Crayola Colorful, Wacky, and Snacky Party Animals (A Crayola Coloring and Activity Book for Kids)
$14.99Enjoy a feast of hilariously wacky and snacky coloring-and-activity fun, plus 8 sheets of awesome stickers, in this 192-page Crayola coloring book! Celebrate with a bunch of party animals? No prob-llama! With almost 200 pages of deliciously funny coloring and pun-tastic activities, this is one
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top-trending & best sellers
Neecy and Nay Nay and the Glitter Girls (Neecy and Nay Nay #2) (A Little Bee Books Chapter Book Series) (Hardcover)
$16.99Twin sisters Neecy and Nay Nay are back for another adventure in this hilarious, heartwarming new chapter book series celebrating Black joy, sisterhood, family, and friendship. Neecy and Nay Nay love being part of the Glitter Girls Club. This month, the girls are working toward
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Pie Love You
$9.99Express love and a-peach-iation through cute food-themed puns with this berry sweet pie-shaped board book perfect for the young and the young at heart. I a-peach-iate you more than you know, and am always impressed every day that you grow. Kids will love this delicious
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Hot Wheels: Race Car Adventure! (Take the Wheel!)
$10.99Start your engines! It’s time to drive a Hot WheelsTM toy car! Grab hold of this book and steer your car over and around fun-fueled obstacles! Kids will love using the handles in this novelty board book to control the race car. With the view from
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A Vaccine Is Like a Memory
$18.99This timely book details the importance of vaccines and how they were developed throughout history, as well as how they work to protect your body and keep it healthy. Do you remember every time you’ve been sick? You may not, but your body does! With many illnesses,
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Molly’s Tuxedo
$18.99Molly wants to look her best for picture day at her school, and what looks better than a tux? Molly’s school picture day is coming up, and she wants to have a perfect portrait taken to hang on their wall. Her mom has picked out
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The Messy Life of Blue (Paperback)
$8.99Eleven-year-old “Blue” Warren is cursed with three bothersome brothers, a too-busy father, a recently deceased mother, and she’s annoyed. With humor, hijinks, and heart, this debut novel is a touching tale of grief and the healing power of family. Eleven-year-old Beulah “Blue” Warren spends every
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Daddy and Me
$8.99Celebrate Father’s Day with this sweet ode to Daddies everywhere! Whether you love to cook with your papa, read with your dada, go to the park with your bàba, or stargaze with your appa, everything is better with daddy. This adorable board book celebrates dads
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Grandad’s Pride
$18.99Grandad and Milly are back for another adventure, this time honoring the past and celebrating the future with a pride parade. This heartwarming tale continues to wonderful journey that began with the Stonewall Honoree and Waterstones Best Illustrated Book, Grandad’s Camper. After Milly discovers a pride
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Fae and the Moon (Hardcover)
$24.99Filled with fearsome monsters, fascinating lore, and vibrant illustrations, Fae and the Moon is a much-needed adventure story about overcoming despair through the powers of love and hope. Fae, in mourning for her missing mother, sits night after night below the Moon that her mother so loved.
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Black Beach: A Community, an Oil Spill, and the Origin of Earth Day
$18.99Twenty million people across the country made their voices heard on the first Earth Day. Some came out to celebrate the environment, while others protested and demanded change. A movement was born. In 1969, Union Oil caused an oil spill off the coast of Santa
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Our World of Dumplings
$17.99This delicious story celebrates the many different types of dumplings that exist in our world and how food brings people and cultures together! My nose leads me from my room, through the kitchen, and out of our apartment. Scents swirl in the stairwell of our
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I’m Not Missing
$17.99The dog days are over when one pup breaks free from his home to become an independent, Lone Wolf! Humans don’t realize the stresses of pet life. Working hard to meet every command. Trying to be a good boy, the best boy. It’s exhausting . . .
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award winners
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Freedom in Congo Square
By Carole Boston Weatherford, Illustrated by R. Gregory ChristiePub Date: January 5, 2016$18.99
- Caldecott Honor
- Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
- Junior Library Guild Selection
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Grandad’s Camper
Published in Partnership with GLAAD SeriesBy Harry WoodgatePub Date: April 6, 2021$17.99
- 2022 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
- 2022 Stonewall Honor
- 2022 Rainbow Booklist Top Ten Title
- 2023 British Book Award for Children’s Illustrated Book of the Year
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Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando
By Andrea Wang, Illustrated by Kana UrbanowiczPub Date: March 5, 2019$18.99
- Sakura Award 2020
- Junior Library Guild Selection
- Read Across America ‘Book of the Month May 2021