Buy Ojie the Honeybee

Ojie the Honeybee is a picture book for families who want a gentle, age-appropriate way to talk about plant-based medicine at home.

It follows a young honeybee whose family cares for their community by delivering essential oils in their honey. Her hive is overworked and starving for a remedy — but the ingredient she needs sits across a river, guarded by territorial hornets, and Ojie has to outthink them to bring it home.

Read one way it is an allegory about prohibition, unintended consequences, and who gets access to healing. Read at bedtime it is a story about a small bee doing a brave thing for the people she loves. Both readings are the point.

Reading together? Explore the parent reading guide and printable discussion sheet.

HARDCOVER EDITION DETAILS

Written by

Ryan Ansin

Illustrated by

Toby Mikle

Format

Hardcover

ISBN-13

9780578388823

Published

March 7, 2022

Length

30 pages

Language

English

Reading age

6–10 years

These details and the suggested reading age refer to Amazon’s hardcover listing. Edition details and reading-age guidance may differ by format. View the hardcover listing on Amazon US