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Bee-Wigged

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All Jerry Bee wants is a friend. But everyone is terrified of him because he is an enormous bee. They are afraid he could sting them. Jerry tries to change the way he looks by wearing a wig that he finds on the sidewalk. And it works! No one is afraid of him anymore. By the end of the day he makes friends with everyone at school and the kids adore him. They like him because he is helpful, funny, artistic, and generous. He's a good friend! The wig changes Jerry's life. But one day the wind blew Jerry's wig off. Everyone immediately runs away until.....the wig starts talking. Turns out the wig is a squirrel who saves the day by reminding everyone of Jerry's many positive qualities. This book cracked me up the first time I read it. I love sharing it with the students. I also like how the "wig" character stands up for Jerry Bee. Good life lessons in this one. And the whole squirrel/wig thing is kinda funny. I'm an elementary school counselor and really appreciate books like this one that teach about differences.

This is a funny, heart warming book. I read it to my five year old, but my older kids and their friends were listening and loved it so much they asked me to read it again. It is one of my five year old's favorite books. It has a very nice message and the illustrations are great!

My seven-year old son and I both think this story is wonderful - the funny little details in the pictures, the speech bubbles, the absolute absurdity of the "enormous bee" and his furry friend. It always cracks us up. But it also has a kind, sympathetic main character and a nice message about acceptance and the power of positive actions. My younger son is attracted to the bright, colorful pictures and the simple text, which can be read with a lot of expression (and silly voices). I think this might be my favorite Cece Bell book yet (although Sock Monkey Boogie Woogie is really hard to beat).

This is my three year old daughters favorite book - she calls it Jerry the Bee. We originally checked this book out at the library, but my daughter wanted to read it every night. So we bought and she could still read it every night. Cute story about acceptance, even though you may be different.

I'm a pre-school teacher who just read Bee Wigged to my class - not only did we all laugh out loud at the surprise ending, but when we made a "B is for Bumble Bee" project later that day, the children all wanted to name their bees "Jerry." I wish every book I read in class was as smart and funny.

"Bee-Wigged" is a delightful story about accepting people for their hearts and their character, not what they look like. The difference between Jerry being accepted and loved by his school mates and feared as a giant bee is whether he's wearing a wig.

The illustrations are bright and brilliant, and it's a lovely read. I read this over and over with my daughter, and we just love it. Highly recommended.

Cece Bell has done the near impossible task of creating a book that is equally loved by children, parents, teachers, and (I suspect) really big bees. The story of Jerry Bee and his heroic bid for social acceptance teaches (without being all "teach-y") young readers to look beyond the stripes on someone's outside to find the bee-auty within. I'll be very surprised if Ms. Bell doesn't win an award for this funny and socially relevant book.

Heartwarming, quirky, and profound. Not to mention hilarious!

This is one your child will want to read again and again -- and so will you!

this is so sweet and silly - my granson felix (2 1/2) loves to hear the story - he laughs and giggles - at the end he says "bee end".