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Pill Bug Does Not Need Anybody
Ready-to-Read Pre-Level 1
Part of Ready-to-Read
Illustrated by Jonathan Fenske
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About The Book
See how everyone needs a friend now and then in this delightful Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read from Theodor Seuss Geisel Award–winning author-illustrator, Jonathan Fenske.
Pill Bug rolls alone. Pill Bug does not need anybody. And Pill Bug likes it that way, until he finds himself in a tight spot! Can he get out of this on his own, or does Pill Bug need a helping hand?
Pill Bug rolls alone. Pill Bug does not need anybody. And Pill Bug likes it that way, until he finds himself in a tight spot! Can he get out of this on his own, or does Pill Bug need a helping hand?
About The Author
Copyright © 2023 Bonfire Visuals
Jonathan Fenske is the author of many children’s books including The Bug in the Bog; Pill Bug Does Not Need Anybody; After Squidnight; Let’s Play, Crabby!; Wake Up, Crabby!; and Plankton Is Pushy (all Junior Library Guild selections), and the Lego picture book I’m Fun, Too!. His early reader Stop That Mop! won the 2026 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award while Nothing Fits a Dinosaur and A Pig, a Fox, and a Box were named Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Books. Jonathan lives in Greenville, South Carolina, with his wife and three daughters.
About The Illustrator
Copyright © 2023 Bonfire Visuals
Jonathan Fenske is the author of many children’s books including The Bug in the Bog; Pill Bug Does Not Need Anybody; After Squidnight; Let’s Play, Crabby!; Wake Up, Crabby!; and Plankton Is Pushy (all Junior Library Guild selections), and the Lego picture book I’m Fun, Too!. His early reader Stop That Mop! won the 2026 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award while Nothing Fits a Dinosaur and A Pig, a Fox, and a Box were named Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Books. Jonathan lives in Greenville, South Carolina, with his wife and three daughters.
Product Details
- Publisher: Simon Spotlight (February 2, 2022)
- Length: 32 pages
- ISBN13: 9781665900683
- Ages: 3 - 5
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Raves and Reviews
With minimal text and bold illustrations against a white background, the author conveys the importance of teamwork and friendship with humor and simplicity.
– School Library Journal, December 1, 2021
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