Try a Bite, Trilobite!

Ready-to-Read Level 1

Illustrated by Jonathan Fenske

About The Book

A picky eater learns how delicious it can be to try something new in this laugh-out-loud Level 1 Ready-to-Read from Theodor Seuss Geisel Award–winning author-illustrator Jonathan Fenske!

Bug wants to share his snack with Trilobite, but Trilobite only likes noodles…until he takes a taste and discovers how one tiny bite can lead to many big bites!

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 AnybodyAfter SquidnightLet’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 AnybodyAfter SquidnightLet’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 (August 29, 2023)
  • Length: 32 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781665932677
  • Ages: 4 - 6

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Raves and Reviews

"This beginning-reader comic finds its strength in a common developmental challenge and literary trope: trying to convince someone to try an unfamiliar food."

– Horn Book, November/December 2023

"This format will entice children who are drawn to the graphic style and feel. Fenske’s brightly drawn, expressive bugs are adorable, and the story flows and moves quickly. ­VERDICT Buy it. Kids will have fun reading the banter between Bug and Trilobite"

– August 2023, School Library Journal

Awards and Honors

  • Kentucky Bluegrass Award Master List
  • Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee (IN)

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