PRAISE FOR BEECOMING SOPHIE: Sophie's story is utterly 'bee-coming" and is a delight to the eye as well as the mind. It is an effective way to introduce the plight of the bees as well as the well-known solutions to a youthful audience. I plan to donate my extra copy to the Henry Barnard School on the Rhode Island College campus as a tool for learning about the hives about to be installed. As one who teaches about diversity, I am appreciative of the natural and effective way that the author has for representing multicultural youth and some of the issues international adoptees face in American...