Overview
An ALA Best Graphic Novels for Children selection.
A Green Earth Book Award nominee.
Join Art and Oakie as they help their friends in nature! This nearly wordless graphic novel for young readers invites you to imagine the story for yourself. In the Art & Oakie Ask series, actions—and comics—speak louder than words.
What's the buzz? In Art and Oakie's third adventure, Oakie befriends a colony of bees only to discover that Art is scared of them. To help Art overcome her fears, Oakie invites the bees to teach Art's 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!
Want more Art & Oakie Ask adventures? Check out the first two books in the series, Do You Speak Tree? and Do You Speak Bear?
Author Bio
Josh Oaktree (author) is the managing director and founder of Oak Tree Comics, an independent publisher where imagination meets environmentalism. His award-winning books for young and middle-grade readers include the Art & Oakie Ask series, Thorn the Unicorn, and The Weird Animal Hour. He holds his MFA in screenwriting from the American Film Institute. Originally from the Philadelphia area, Josh lives in sunny Los Angeles. Visit him online at joshoaktree.com.
Josiane Vlitos is an illustrator from Prince Edward Island with a background in Communication Design. Inspired by her English childhood of castles, forts, and beachcombing, her work features bright palettes, playful characters, and magical worlds. She aims to spark joy and positive change through themes of inclusion, sustainability, and self-love. When not illustrating, she’s reading, beachcombing, or daydreaming—usually with a biscuit in hand. Josiane lives in Charlottetown with her husband, daughter, and rabbit.
Amelia Xanthe Boscov is a Brooklyn-based film director, writer, and producer. Originally from Philadelphia, Amelia received her BFA from Tisch School of the Arts. In her work, she often focuses on stories that uplift and celebrate women and the LGBTQ community through a hopeful and often surreal lens.Her first experience with independent publishing was Did You Boscov Today?, a tribute book to her grandfather, which she co-wrote and co-edited with her cousins. As Oak Tree Comics' creative director, she helps bring Oak Tree Comics projects to life.
