Pill Bug Does Not Need Anybody: Ready-to-Read Pre-Level 1

by Jonathan Fenske, Jonathan Fenske (Illustrator)

Overview

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?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781665900676
Publisher:	Simon Spotlight
Publication date:	12/14/2021
Series:	Ready-to-Read
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	155,066
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	AD220L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

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 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor winners. Jonathan lives in Greenville, South Carolina, with his wife and three daughters.

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 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor winners. Jonathan lives in Greenville, South Carolina, with his wife and three daughters.

Editorial Reviews

12/01/2021

PreS-Gr 2—Self-satisfied Pill Bug introduces himself by informing readers that he rolls alone and doesn't need anyone. A smaller, skeptical pink pill bug nearby watches and waits. When the smug blue bug collides with a rock and is upended, the little onlooker is there to help put him right. Then the independent insect needs a push on the swing, and the little pink bug obliges, as well as helping on the seesaw. On each occasion, the boastful protagonist is grateful and a bit more sheepish. In the end, he amends his introduction to, "We are Pill Bugs. We roll together. And we like it that way. Because sometimes…We all need somebody." With minimal text and bold illustrations against a white background, the author conveys the importance of teamwork and friendship with humor and simplicity. The facial expressions on the two characters speak volumes. VERDICT An excellent choice for beginning reader collections.—Barbara Auerbach, Cairo P. L., NY

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