Pub Date: August 1, 2025
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2024037248
Lexile Code: 0490
Target Age Group: 05 to 08
Physical Info: 0.31" H x 7.77" L x 5.60" W ( 0.31 lbs) 24 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Holidays and Celebrations | Diwali | Art | Readers | Intermediate
Series: Queen Bee
Description: Queen Bee loves everything about Diwali, including making rangoli, but after a small accident she learns that sometimes things turn out differently than we plan.
Brief description: Priti Birla Maheshwari was born in India and raised in Montreal and Toronto, Canada. She graduated from the University of Toronto majoring in French, and then pursued her career in education. Her passion for writing began in high school, and she went on to publish her debut award-winning picture book Chaiwala! in 2021. Maheshwari lives near Toronto with her husband and has a daughter in college. Queen Bee is her first early chapter book series. Visit her at pritibirlamaheshwari.com.
Review Quotes:
"These fully illustrated short chapter books are perfectly level appropriate for beginning readers who are just starting chapter books and more intricate storylines that can be spread across chapters. Bee is fun and her problems are resolved quickly."--School Library Journal
-- (9/16/2025 12:00:00 AM)