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Kevin Henkes

Born

in Racine, Wisconsin, The United States

November 27, 1960

Website

http://www.kevinhenkes.com/

Genre

Children's Books

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Kevin Henkes is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. As an illustrator he won the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon (2004). Two of his books were Newbery Medal Honor Books, Olive's Ocean in 2004 and The Year of Billy Miller in 2014. His picture book Waiting was named both a 2016 Caldecott Honor Book and a Geisel Honor Book. It was only the second time any author has won that combination of awards. ...more

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Average rating: 4.12 · 251,019 ratings · 20,215 reviews · 143 distinct works • Similar authors

	Chrysanthemum 4.34 avg rating — 56,459 ratings — published 1991 — 80 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse 4.20 avg rating — 30,291 ratings — published 1996 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kitten's First Full Moon 4.10 avg rating — 25,260 ratings — published 2004 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Owen 4.25 avg rating — 18,004 ratings — published 1993 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wemberly Worried 4.23 avg rating — 18,014 ratings — published 2000 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Olive's Ocean 3.79 avg rating — 14,661 ratings — published 2001 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year of Billy Miller 3.76 avg rating — 9,017 ratings — published 2013 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Julius, the Baby of the World 4.26 avg rating — 7,263 ratings — published 1990 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waiting 4.01 avg rating — 6,360 ratings — published 2015 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chester's Way 4.22 avg rating — 5,945 ratings — published 1988 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Mouse Books (18 books)
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4.25 avg rating — 154,859 ratings

Billy Miller (2 books)
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3.76 avg rating — 9,715 ratings

Penny (4 books)
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4.03 avg rating — 5,629 ratings

Quotes by Kevin Henkes (?)

“Today was a difficult day. Tomorrow will be better”
― Kevin Henkes, Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse

tags: childrens

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“(His) sadness grew; it became a rock inside him, pulling him down. He carried the sadness everywhere, morning, noon, and night. It hurt to breathe. ”
― Kevin Henkes, Bird Lake Moon

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“As she wove in and out of all the people - rushing, talking, eating, laughing; some in clumps, some alone - she realized that no one, no one at all in the airport, or on the entire planet for that matter, knew her thoughts, knew what she was carrying inside her head and heart. And at that very minute, what was inside her head and heart made her feel as though there was no one else in the whole world she would rather be.”
― Kevin Henkes, Olive's Ocean

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What is your first pick for the Caldecott Medal Honor?

(Again, if you see a book that you think should be on this poll, send me a message or write a comment and I will add it.)

Moonshot The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca

3 votes 27.3%

Red Sings from Treetops A Year in Colors by Joyce Sidman

2 votes 18.2%

The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney

1 vote 9.1%

The Curious Garden by Peter Brown

1 vote 9.1%

Tsunami! by Kimiko Kajikawa

1 vote 9.1%

All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon

1 vote 9.1%

Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

1 vote 9.1%

Otis by Loren Long

1 vote 9.1%

14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy

0 votes 0.0%

Birds by Kevin Henkes

0 votes 0.0%

The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan

0 votes 0.0%

Mermaid Queen The Spectacular True Story Of Annette Kellerman, Who Swam Her Way To Fame, Fortune & Swimsuit History! by Shana Corey

0 votes 0.0%

Zero Is The Leaves On The Tree by Betsy Franco

0 votes 0.0%

All in a Day by Cynthia Rylant

0 votes 0.0%

Darwin One Beetle Too Many by Kathryn Lasky

0 votes 0.0%

Dinotrux by Chris Gall

0 votes 0.0%

A Curious Collection of Cats by Betsy Franco

0 votes 0.0%

Chicken Little by Rebecca Emberley

0 votes 0.0%

Once Upon a Twice by Denise Doyen

0 votes 0.0%

Hello Baby! by Mem Fox

0 votes 0.0%

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