Waldemar Bonsels wanted to teach children to: respect all living beings; be courageous; be adventurous; be open-minded; acknowledge life and death and think positively. As the author of "The Adventures of Maya The Bee", he managed to convey these teachings through the journey of the little bee, Maya. For someone who, paradoxically, got swept up in the antisemitic fervour of Nazi Germany, Waldemar Bonsells was a "Neo-Romantic Natural Mystic" who did a pretty good job of creating the greatest children's fairy tale of the 19th century.
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AUDIO STORIES
Bonsels, Waldemar (1880-1952). "The Fortress" and "The Sentinel". The Adventures of Maya The Bee. Read by Betsie Bush for Librivox.org
https://librivox.org/the-adventures-of-maya-the-bee-by-waldemar-bonsels/
BOOKS
James, Joyce. (2008). Bees. Scholastic.
https://www.amazon.com/Bees-Natures-Childen-Joyce-James/dp/0717262170
Hall, Manly P. (1973). Daily Words of Wisdom: A Calendar of Inspiring Thoughts. The Philosophical Research Society.
https://www.amazon.com/Daily-Words-Wisdom-Manly-Hall/dp/0893143103
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Maya The Bee Continues