The Poet and the Bees

A Story of the Seasons Sylvia Plath Kept Bees

Amy Novesky, Jessica Love

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Viking Books for Young Readers
11 March 2025

Picture books; Poetry (Children's&YA); People & places (Children's&YA)

A mesmerizing picture book about the iconic poet Sylvia Plath and her final writings

A mesmerizing picture book about the iconic poet Sylvia Plath and her final writings

Love, bees don't live long. But honey lives forever. Words, too.

Sylvia Plath is remembered for her stirring poetry and the tragic legacy her work left behind. But it is lesser known that she was a beekeeper and completed her last book of poems while tending to her bees and harvesting honey.

Author and beekeeper Amy Novesky shines a new light on the life and work of Plath through the lens of her last seasons with her beloved bees-and how during their short and busy lives, they filled her with inspiration and hope-while the evocative paintings by Stonewall Book Award winner Jessica Love reveal the tenderness and wonder of one of America's most iconic poets.

By: Amy Novesky
Illustrated by: Jessica Love
Imprint: Viking Books for Young Readers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 262mm, Width: 213mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9780593526392
ISBN 10: 0593526392
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 11 March 2025
Recommended Age: From 4 to 8 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Amy Novesky writes stories about creative and courageous women and is the author of Girl on a Motorcycle; Cloth Lullaby; and Me, Frida. She lives outside of San Francisco with her family. You can visit her online at AmyNovesky.com or on Instagram @AmyNovesky. Jessica Love is the author and illustrator of the Stonewall Book Award winner Julian Is a Mermaid and Julian at the Wedding and has illustrated many other books for children. She lives in the Hudson Valley with family. You can visit her online at JessLove.Format.com or on Instagram @JessLoveDraws.

Reviews for The Poet and the Bees: A Story of the Seasons Sylvia Plath Kept Bees

★ ""Novesky successfully refocuses the lens from Plath's tragic death to the poet as artist, centering her hopeful ambition and keen relationship with nature. Attentive, deeply respectful, lovely."" —Kirkus Reviews, starred review ""The work leaves behind a sense of [Plath's] solitude, competing demands on her time, and the way both hive and poet navigate seasonal change."" —Publishers Weekly ""The tension between Plath's melancholic moods and lyrical poetry and the hopeful, careful process of beekeeping is captured beautifully."" —The Horn Book