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Kevin Henkes


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

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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

Average rating: 4.12 · 254,346 ratings · 20,679 reviews · 159 distinct works • Similar authors
Chrysanthemum

4.34 avg rating — 56,915 ratings — published 1991 — 83 editions
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Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse

4.20 avg rating — 30,383 ratings — published 1996 — 74 editions
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Kitten's First Full Moon

4.10 avg rating — 25,546 ratings — published 2004 — 37 editions
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Owen

4.25 avg rating — 18,097 ratings — published 1993 — 54 editions
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Wemberly Worried

4.23 avg rating — 18,132 ratings — published 2000 — 47 editions
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Olive's Ocean

3.79 avg rating — 14,906 ratings — published 2003 — 43 editions
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The Year of Billy Miller

3.76 avg rating — 9,102 ratings — published 2013 — 23 editions
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Julius, the Baby of the World

4.26 avg rating — 7,313 ratings — published 1990 — 53 editions
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Waiting

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,522 ratings — published 2015 — 19 editions
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Chester's Way: A Classic Pi...

4.22 avg rating — 5,995 ratings — published 1988 — 36 editions
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More books by Kevin Henkes…
A Weekend with Wendell Sheila Rae, the Brave Chester's Way: A Classic Pi... Julius, the Baby of the World Chrysanthemum Owen Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
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4.25 avg rating — 155,999 ratings

The Year of Billy Miller Billy Miller Makes a Wish Oh, Sal Still Sal
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3.78 avg rating — 10,263 ratings

Penny and Her Doll Penny and Her Song Penny and Her Marble Penny and Her Sled
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4.04 avg rating — 5,753 ratings

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

“(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

“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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