This website contains illustrations by Joseph P. Myers for the book Joseph and the Bumble Bee or Be Bee Careful, a story about a young boy and the misfortunes that ensue when he decides to capture a bumble bee inside a flower.  All is fine until he lets go.

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Buy the book to get the full story. Available now at the Bookbaby Bookstore https://store.bookbaby.com/book/Joseph-and-the-Bumble-Bee.  The book is also available for pre-order through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other book outlets. Watch for more updates in November!

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Other pages on this site can be accessed via the menu at the top of the page.  The pages have groupings of illustrations from various episodes of the story:  

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• BUGS has illustrations of bugs that Joey observes.  

• BEE ENCOUNTERS has a series of illustrations of the interaction between Joey and the bees

• AFTERMATH has the series of illustrations of events that occur after Joey is stung, including Aunt Emily's heroics

• CAST OF CHARACTERS CALL JOEY JOEY has illustrations from the book where Joey is introduced

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A few of the illustrations are shown below.

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Single click any picture for a slide show of the full images shown below.