Do Bees Pee?
By Linda Booth Sweeney illustrated by Ariel Rutland
Nonfiction concept picture book
Balzer & Bray/Harper Collins, August 18, 2026; 40 pages
Subrights Info
- Translation rights available via Harper Collins
- UK/ANZ rights available via Harper Collins
- Film/TV rights available via Janna Co.
- Merchandising and commercial rights available via Janna Co.
When you think of pee and poo, do you say ewww? If you’re a human, you probably flush your poo down the loo. But in the wild, animal poo and pee helps nature stay healthy, strong, and pollution-free!
This fun, informational picture book—just right for the youngest readers—pairs bright, graphic art and short, laugh-out-loud text to explore closed-loop, waste-free systems and celebrate the interconnectedness of the natural world.
Reviews
“A high-spirited info-dump, featuring some particularly choice new vocabulary for young nature lovers.”
Awards and Accolades
Bank Street College Best Children’s Books of the Year for 2020 for Monument Maker.
2024 Blueberry Honor Award for The Noisy Puddle
This book might appeal to fans of Green and other books by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner and illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal, Just In Case You Want to Fly by Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Christian Robinson, and Fourteen Animals (That Are Definitely Not an Octopus) by Gabe Pyle.
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Author Bio
Linda Booth Sweeney is a writer, educator, and game maker. She has worked in advertising and for Outward Bound, and got her PhD in Education at Harvard, where she specialized in how to teach about living systems. Currently, as a systems educator, Linda helps education, city government officials, nonprofit leaders, Fortune 500 companies, and people of all ages to “think about systems.” Her work encompasses everything from stories to experiential games, board games, websites, animations, puppet shows, museum exhibits, computer games, and simulations. She added augmented reality to the list through the launch of HuggerX, an immersive, whole-systems learning platform for young people to learn about complex living systems. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and three children. Visit Linda at https://lindaboothsweeney.com/.
Author Bio
Ariel Rutland is an award-winning designer and illustrator whose work focuses on themes of nature, curiosity, humor, and beauty in everyday objects. She grew up in a cozy central New Jersey suburb down the street from a great big house with a pond. Many weekends of her childhood were spent strolling the neighborhood with her grandma, who would often take the train from Manhattan down to “the country.” She credits their endless neighborhood walks spent storytelling about the squirrels, birds, and rocks that crossed their path as inspiration for her art…and ability to view nature and the world through the wondrous eyes of a child. Ariel graduated from University of Maryland with a degree in fine art and concentration in graphic design. She worked as a product designer at Martha Stewart, followed by lead designer at a boutique branding agency. Her artwork has been licensed to American Greetings, Minted, Target, and West Elm, being featured on greeting cards and home decor. She is currently illustrating a forthcoming children’s book. When she isn’t drawing and designing, she can be found playing in the backyard with her three young boys and husband in Yardley, Pennsylvania. Visit Ariel at http://arielrutland.com.
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