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Kevin Henkes


Born
in Racine, Wisconsin, The United States
November 27, 1960

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Genre
Children's Books


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 · 251,269 ratings · 20,246 reviews · 147 distinct works • Similar authors
Chrysanthemum
4.34 avg rating — 56,486 ratings — published 1991 — 80 editions
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Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
4.20 avg rating — 30,293 ratings — published 1996 — 69 editions
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Kitten's First Full Moon
4.10 avg rating — 25,282 ratings — published 2004 — 35 editions
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Owen
4.25 avg rating — 18,019 ratings — published 1993 — 52 editions
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Wemberly Worried: A Warm an...
4.23 avg rating — 18,037 ratings — published 2000 — 46 editions
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Olive's Ocean
3.79 avg rating — 14,681 ratings — published 2001 — 41 editions
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The Year of Billy Miller
3.76 avg rating — 9,028 ratings — published 2013 — 22 editions
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Julius, the Baby of the Wor...
4.26 avg rating — 7,266 ratings — published 1990 — 51 editions
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Waiting
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,402 ratings — published 2015 — 19 editions
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Chester's Way
4.22 avg rating — 5,949 ratings — published 1988 — 35 editions
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Series by Kevin Henkes

A Weekend with Wendell: A H... Sheila Rae, the Brave Chester's Way Julius, the Baby of the Wor... Chrysanthemum Owen Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
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4.25 avg rating — 154,947 ratings

The Year of Billy Miller Billy Miller Makes a Wish
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3.76 avg rating — 9,725 ratings

Penny and Her Doll Penny and Her Song Penny and Her Marble Penny and Her Sled
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4.03 avg rating — 5,641 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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