"This inclusive picture book, plus accompanying soundtrack, radiates the joy of dancing to your own tune as it celebrates difference."
Created in conjunction with the Royal Ballet and Opera, and enhanced by QR-code activated original music, Rachel Fuller’s Bee celebrates difference and the freeing magic that comes of following your own path, rather than trying to fit in.
In line with its inclusive message, the book was created when its author, composer and writer Rachel Fuller, bonded with illustrator, Emilia Wharfe, while they were both working on another project — Bee was born as a result of their shared experience of ADHD.
While Bee feels happy and flies free with their fairy friend Sprout in their private magical world, back in the real world, they struggle to pay attention in class, and find it hard to join in with other kids’ games.
Thankfully, Sprout is on hand to share valuable insights: “You just see and feel things differently from them, Bee. It’s easy to notice differences like hair colour or height, but it’s harder when differences are on the inside. But that’s okay. Everyone has things they’re good at and things they find tricky… Our differences make us special and unique”.
In addition to discovering the joy of embracing their own differences, Bee finds others who understand them, and makes new friends who are also wonderfully different. As such, Bee will spark valuable conversations around empathy and inclusion, with the author’s original soundtrack — from its uplifting theme, to pieces evoking the playground and Bee’s new adventures — further enhancing its immersive, interactive vibe.
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