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Title: Clan Apis by Jay Hosler ISBN: 0-9677255-0-X Publisher: Active Synapse Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Hey, don't categorize this as "just" a kids' book!
Comment: The first duty of a graphic novel, obviously, is to entertain. Hosler, who has a Ph.D. and specializes in neuroscience and bees, not tells a really good story about life and personalities in the hive, and is a very talented artist besides, he also manages to cram in a great deal of educational information. Icing on the cake. He starts with the birth and transformation from larva to pupa to adult of Nyuki (Japanese for "bee"), a worker who often annoys her colleague, even her older sister, Dvorah (Hebrew for "bee," etc.). She gets lost, is almost eaten, befriends a flower named Bloomington and a dung beetle named Sisyphus, finally gets her act together (though she has to be coaxed to leave the hive again for the dangers of the outside world), and goes on to better things -- as well as a rather poetic end. The anthropomorphization is actually pretty minor, all things considered. And there's an interesting postscript about what happened when the author turned out to be allergic to bee stings. I don't know if Hosler has another insect adventure in him, but I'll be on the look-out.
Rating: 5
Summary: educational and very cool!
Comment: Simply put, Clan Apis is a delightful book. Using the underappreciated medium of comic, Jay Holser tells the tale of Nyuki, a heroine honeybee from the hive called Clan Apis. After a truly inspired and poetic introduction, Hosler uses his talented pen to both illustrate and narrate the reader through Nyuki's adventures. From her beginnings as a pampered but peppy larva, Nyuki matures into an adult bee, all the while adjusting to newer and greater responsibilities to her hive community. Suffice to say that Nyuki's trials and tribulations are not exclusive to the insect world. As a research biologist who works with bees, Dr. Hosler draws on his etymological expertise to deftly interweave biological teachings with downright cool entertainment. Clan Apis is charmingly clever, and strikes a perfect balance in its ability to engage children and adults alike.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent & Delightful
Comment: My kids rolled their eyes at first, but once I started reading it to them, they were hooked. Clever art, fun word play, and bad puns all make it a great story.
Oh yeah. And it's educational. Not just educational like most educational childrens books: this one is written by scientists who studies bees, and loves his subjects. (and it shows).
Our only complaint is that we have to keep reordering, because we keep giving our copies away as birthday presents to friends!
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