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Kevin Henkes

Born

in Racine, Wisconsin, The United States

November 27, 1960

Website

http://www.kevinhenkes.com/

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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 · 253,976 ratings · 20,603 reviews · 153 distinct works • Similar authors

	Chrysanthemum 4.34 avg rating — 56,882 ratings — published 1991 — 83 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 — 30,359 ratings — published 1996 — 73 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 — 25,516 ratings — published 2004 — 37 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 — 18,089 ratings — published 1993 — 53 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 — 18,123 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 — 14,880 ratings — published 2003 — 43 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 — 9,085 ratings — published 2013 — 23 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 — 7,303 ratings — published 1990 — 53 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 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,506 ratings — published 2015 — 18 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: A Classic Picture Book by Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes About Friendship for Children (Ages 4-8) 4.22 avg rating — 5,983 ratings — published 1988 — 36 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 — 155,851 ratings

Billy Miller and family (4 books)
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3.78 avg rating — 10,233 ratings

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4.04 avg rating — 5,731 ratings

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

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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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