A series of entrepreneurial books have been launched under the ‘Bee Enterprising’ Primary School Enterprise Education project. Leading the project is Sue Poole, Enterprise Education Manager at Gower College Swansea.

The series of six books, targeted at children aged five and six, aim to help children understand and gain important entrepreneurial skills needed not just in their working life, but daily life also.

The book series, The Bumbles of Honeywood, was written by Sue Poole and designed and published by Swansea-based creative and innovative agency, WATERS. The books, available in both English and Welsh, explore the mindset of enterprise and the skills associated with being entrepreneurial are not traditional skills that schools introduce to younger pupils. The aim, therefore, was to publish these books in a way that is written and designed to engage and encourage children of the target age, and not overwhelm them with complex information.

Sue Poole, Enterprise Education Manager at Gower College Swansea, comments on the process of developing and publishing The Bumbles of Honeywood series:

“The Bumbles of Honeywood is a passion project. I was looking for a new way of engaging youngsters in entrepreneurial activities as soon as they entered full time education. The six stories were developed over a period of months and taken to WATERS as a concept idea. “I collaborated with WATERS’ design team, who used their expertise and skills to take these stories and develop an incredible set of designs. I could not be more pleased with the results – it is as if they have seen into my mind and translated my ideas into these amazing high-quality visuals that clearly illustrate each story.

Rhian East, co-director of WATERS comments: