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The Adventures of Maya the Bee

Chapter 4: MAYA THE BEE
By Waldemar Bonsels
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A young bee named Maya leaves the hive to explore the world beyond, encountering rain, lakes, and a variety of insects. Her wanderings mix playful episodes and perilous moments as she makes friends, faces predators and natural hazards, and learns about the responsibilities and politics of bee society back home, including unrest and conflict. The narrative proceeds episodically, blending lyrical passages and illustrations with humorous and reflective scenes that examine curiosity, community, courage, and the balance between independence and solidarity.

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Title: The Adventures of Maya the Bee

Author: Waldemar Bonsels

Illustrator: Homer Boss

Translator: Arthur Guiterman

Adele Szold Seltzer

Release date: August 19, 2007 [eBook #22354]

Language: English

Credits: E-text prepared by Louise Hope, Stephen Hope, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from digital material generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana)

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THE ADVENTURES OF MAYA THE BEE

“Won’t You Come In?”

THE ADVENTURES OF

MAYA THE BEE

 

BY

WALDEMAR BONSELS

 

ILLUSTRATED
BY

Homer Boss

 

 

NEW YORK
THOMAS SELTZER
1922
COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
THOMAS SELTZER, INC.
All rights reserved

 
 

Printed in the United States of America
The Translation of this book was made by
Adele Szold Seltzer
The Poems were done into English by
Arthur Guiterman