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? 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 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.