This is a pre-order for your upcoming school event. Your order will NOT be shipped. Instead, it will be hand-delivered by author Josh Oaktree at your event. If your school doesn't have an event scheduled with Josh, please purchase your books on the Oak Tree Comics' main shop page.
 
Want your book(s) signed by the author? At checkout, please write the name of the recipient in the "notes section" along with any other relevant information. Josh will also be available to sign his books on the day of your event.
 
ABOUT THE STORY: What's the buzz? In Art and Oakie's third adventure, Oakie befriends a colony of bees only to find out that Art is scared of them. To help Art overcome her fears, Oakie invites the bees into Art's school to teach the class. When Art learns how bees pollinate the fruits and vegetables we eat, what will she do? Can Art and Oakie help save the bees?
 
ABOUT THE SERIES: In each book, Art and Oakie go on an adventure to help their friends in nature. What makes the Art & Oakie Ask series unique is that each book is a nearly wordless graphic novel for young readers. Instead of prose, lush comic book illustrations tell the story. To read each book aloud, you and your little ones get to make up the story for yourself, so no matter one's age or reading ability, you can speak up for our beautiful natural world with Art and Oakie!
 
Illustrated by Josiane Vlitos
Written by Josh Oaktree
 
PRAISE FOR DO YOU SPEAK BEE?
"The Art & Oakie Ask series serves as an excellent starting point for conversations about nature, sparking engaging and thoughtful discussions about the environment and our role in it." —Starred review from The Children's Book Review
2025 Green Earth Book Award Recommended Reading List