Vernon L. Kellogg 1 hr 48 min read

The story of Nuova, a bee, and her life in the hive, a tale for children of five to fifty that quietly asks what human society might become if certain movements ran to their logical end.

Vernon Kellogg's 1920 children's book, by an eminent entomologist, blends real natural history with gentle social allegory. Charming, thoughtful, illustrated juvenile fantasy. Read it for a lovely story of the beehive that doubles as a sly parable of human community.

In its time

Published in 1920, during the 1920s, the pulp era proper.

Reading it

1 hr 48 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).

Illustrated by

Milo Winter