Dear reader -- When I was born -- All about me -- The baby and the bee: a bee tale from Greece -- My happy hive home -- Come inside -- Telling the bees: a bee tale from Europe and North America -- My busy bee dance -- Fly the meadow -- Fly away, bees -- Summer sweet -- The boy who ate sky honey: a bee tale from India -- Buzzing around the world -- Honey thieves -- Chee-chee, come with me -- Hidey-hole homes -- How the elephants got their trunks: a bee tale from Thailand -- City bees -- The beekeper comes -- The lady of the moon: a bee tale from Australia -- Winter snuggle-up -- Be a bee friend.