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Kevin Henkes

Born

in Racine, Wisconsin, The United States

November 27, 1960

Website

http://www.kevinhenkes.com/

Genre

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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 · 251,011 ratings · 20,214 reviews · 143 distinct works • Similar authors

	Chrysanthemum 4.34 avg rating — 56,458 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 — 30,290 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 — 18,003 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 — 18,012 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 3.78 avg rating — 14,660 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 — 9,016 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 — 154,853 ratings

Billy Miller (2 books)
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3.76 avg rating — 9,714 ratings

Penny (4 books)
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4.03 avg rating — 5,628 ratings

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“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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Which book would you give the 2014 Newbery award to?

These books were chosen from our It's January thread.

Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

22 votes 24.4%

Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool

15 votes 16.7%

Doll Bones by Holly Black

13 votes 14.4%

Far Far Away by Tom McNeal

7 votes 7.8%

The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt

6 votes 6.7%

The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata

5 votes 5.6%

The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes

5 votes 5.6%

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein

5 votes 5.6%

The Real Boy by Anne Ursu

4 votes 4.4%

Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle

4 votes 4.4%

Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo

2 votes 2.2%

One Came Home by Amy Timberlake

2 votes 2.2%

90 total votes

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