Pill Bug Does Not Need Anybody - (Ready-To-Read) by Jonathan Fenske

About the Book

An independent pill bug learns that sometimes a friend is necessary.

Book Synopsis

See how everyone needs a friend now and then in this delightful Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read from award-winning author and 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?

Review Quotes

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"

About the Author

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 readers, Nothing Fits a Dinosaur and A Pig, A Fox, and A Box, were both Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor winners. Jonathan lives in Greenville, South Carolina, with his wife and three daughters.