Jonathan Fenske

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 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.

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Books by Jonathan Fenske

Candy Corn Valentine!

By Jonathan Fenske

Illustrated by Jonathan Fenske

The most underrated Halloween candies want to join the Valentine’s Day celebrations in a super sweet picture book holiday mash-up with a dash of humor, a pinch of holiday excitement, and a whole lot of love from Theodor Seuss Geisel Award–winning author-illustrator Jonathan Fenske.

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