Die Biene Maja

by Waldemar Bonsels

When the plucky young bee Maja defies the strict rules of her hive and flies off alone to see the wide world, she meets a dazzling cast of insects — a vain rose-beetle, a heartless dragonfly, a treacherous spider, and a gentle flower elf who shows her the wonders of a human night. But her joyful wandering turns to terror when she is captured by the savage hornets and overhears their plot to destroy her home. Racing back through danger, Maja must warn her people in time to save the hive, in this beloved German fairy-tale adventure well suited to beginner and intermediate learners.