Jude Tonkin 2003 22 pages A4 (T350) A children’s book about the red mason bee or ‘pollinating pet’ of the title. Colour cartoons accompany the ‘conversation’ between a little girl who is eating an apple and a red mason bee busy pollinating in the girl’s garden. An explanation of how pollination takes place and the importance of the bees’ role encourages the girl to ask her mum for a pollinating pet. The book is aimed at children of 7-8 years.