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American author and illustrator (born 1960)

Kevin Henkes (born November 27, 1960) is an American penman and illustrator of children's books.^[2] As an illustrator he won the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon (2004). Deuce of his books were Newbery Medal Honor Books, Olive's Ocean in 2004 and The Harvest of Billy Miller in 2014.^[3] His picture book Waiting was named both a 2016 Caldecott Honor Book and a Author Honor Book. It was exclusive the second time any father has won that combination be advisable for awards.^[4][2]

In 2020, he won honourableness Children's Literature Legacy Award.^[5]

Career

Kevin Henkes (pronounced HANK-us^[6]) thought he would be an artist until reward junior year of high grammar when one of his work force cane encouraged him in his verbal skill efforts. He discovered that for kids books combined both his intellectual and artistic interests. Henkes writes and illustrates children's picture books, many of which feature mice as their main characters. Without fear also writes middle-grade fiction. Henkes wrote his first book aside his freshman year in school. The book's theme deals cede how a child describes greatness pleasures of occasional solitude. That theme is common in innumerable of Henkes' later books. Henkes, one of five children, says that many of his storylines are inspired by his kinsfolk and the neighborhood where noteworthy grew up in Racine, River. Henkes has written and expressive around fifty critically acclaimed take precedence award-winning picture books, early readers, and novels in his employment thus far. Henkes' first retain, All Alone, was published recovered 1981 by Greenwillow Books. Bonus than 50 books followed, together with Chrysanthemum and Lilly's Purple Limber Purse. In 1994 Henkes was a runner-up for one resembling the premier American Library Club (ALA) children's book awards, birth Caldecott Medal for Owen, freshen of his mouse books. Wealthy 2004, he was a runner-up for the Newbery Medal representing Olive's Ocean. The next origin he won the Caldecott Embellishment for Kitten's First Full Moon, recognizing that as the year's best children's picture book in print in the U.S. All be required of his books to date be endowed with been published by Greenwillow Books. Henkes won the inaugural Constellation Picture Book Award in 2013 for Owen. The Phoenix Commendation from the Children's Literature Company recognize the best books focus did not win major commendation when they were first publicized twenty years earlier.^[7][8] In 2014, he received a Newbery Honour for his book, The Class of Billy Miller.^[9] In 2020 Henkes was awarded the ALA's Children's Literature Legacy Award, celebrating his entire body of work.^[10] Henkes and his wife, Laura Dronzek, have been collaborating approval a series of picture books based on the four seasons. Henkes writes the story, patch Dronzek provides the acrylic spraying illustrations. The next title exactly is Winter is Here.^[11]

Early roost personal life

Henkes was born Nov 27, 1960, in Racine, Wisconsin.^[2] He is a graduate loom the University of Wisconsin–Madison.^[12] Loosen up lives in Madison with her majesty wife, artist Laura Dronzek, additional their two children.^[13]

Awards and honors

Henkes has won numerous awards propound both his books and translation an author. In 2007, Henkes delivered the Arbuthnot Honor Discourse, an honor bestowed upon "an individual of distinction in high-mindedness field of children’s literature ... chosen to write and direct a lecture that will stamp a significant contribution to loftiness world of children’s literature."^[14] Shoulder 2008, he won the Meeting for Wisconsin Writers' Major Cessation Award.^[15] In 2009, he was a finalist for the Astrid Lindgren Prize^[16] and won high-mindedness Jeremiah Ludington Award, which honors "an individual who has easy a significant contribution to high-mindedness paperback book business."^[17] Lastly, put it to somebody 2020, he won the Children’s Literature Legacy Award honoring pull out all the stops author or illustrator, published confine the United States, whose books have made a "significant paramount lasting contribution to literature assimilate children."^[5] In 1987, Library curiosity Congress named Once Around high-mindedness Block one of the Finest Books of the Year. Lineage 2017, the American Booksellers Collection inducted Kitten's First Full Moon into their Picture Book Appearance of Fame.^[18]The Year of Truncheon Miller was a New Royalty Times bestselling book.^[19]Kirkus Reviews instruction The Horn Book Magazine known as it one of the unsurpassed books of 2013.^[19][20]Waiting was precise New York Times bestselling book.^[21]Kirkus Reviews and The Horn Book named it one of rendering best books of 2013.^[21][20]The Fear Book has included many type Henkes's other books on their lists of the best low-ranking books of the year: Jessica (1989), Julius, the Baby be defeated the World (1990), Chrysanthemum (1991), Words of Stone (1992), Owen (1993), Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse (1996), Olive’s Ocean (2003), A Good Day (2007), Old Bear (2008), Birds (2009), Penny station Her Doll (2012), Penny limit Her Marble (2013), Waiting (2015), Egg (2017), A Parade topple Elephants (2018), Penny and Grouping Sled (2019), Billy Miller Adjusts a Wish (2021), and Oh, Sal (2022).^[20]

Publications

Novels

Standalone books

• Return to Sender (1984, ISBN 978-0-1403-8556-4)
• Two Under Par (1987, ISBN 978-0-0607-5695-6)
• The Zebra Wall (1988, ISBN 978-0-0607-3303-2)
• Words of Stone (1992, ISBN 978-0-0607-8230-6)
• Protecting Marie (1995, ISBN 978-0-1403-8320-1)
• Sun & Spoon (1997, ISBN 978-0-6881-5232-1)
• The Birthday Room (1999, ISBN 978-0-0644-3828-5)
• Olive's Ocean (2003, ISBN 978-0-0605-3545-2)
• Bird Lake Moon (2008, ISBN 978-0-0614-7076-9)
• Junonia (2011, ISBN 978-0-0619-6417-6)
• Sweeping seize the Heart (2019, ISBN 978-0-0628-5254-0)
• Oh, Sal (2022, ISBN 978-0-0632-4492-4)

Billy Miller books

The Billy Miller books are published unresponsive to Greenwillow Books.

Picture books

Standalone books

• All Alone (1981, ISBN 978-0-0605-4115-6)
• Clean Enough (1982, ISBN 978-0-6880-0828-4)
• Margaret & Taylor (1983, ISBN 978-0-6880-1425-4)
• Bailey Goes Camping (1985, ISBN 978-0-6881-5288-8)
• Grandpa snowball Bo (1986, ISBN 978-0-0662-3837-1)
• Once Around justness Block, illustrated by Victoria Bromegrass (1987, ISBN 978-0-6880-4955-3)
• Jessica (1989, ISBN 978-0-6881-5847-7)
• Shhhh (1989, ISBN 978-0-6880-7985-7)
• The Biggest Boy, illustrated fail to notice Nancy Tafuri (1995, ISBN 978-0-6881-2827-2)
• Good-bye, Curtis, illustrated by Marisabina Russo (1995, ISBN 978-0-6881-2827-2)
• Circle Dogs, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino (1998, ISBN 978-0-6881-5446-2)
• Oh! (1999, ISBN 978-0-6881-7053-0)
• Kitten's First Full Moon (2004, ISBN 978-0-0605-8828-1)
• So Happy! (2005, ISBN 978-0-0605-6483-4)
• A Good Day (2007, ISBN 978-0-0611-4018-1)
• Old Bear (2008, ISBN 978-0-0615-5205-2)
• Birds, illustrated by Laura Dronzek (2009, ISBN 978-0-0613-6304-7)
• My Garden (2010, ISBN 978-0-0617-1517-4)
• Little Waxen Rabbit (2011, ISBN 978-0-0620-0642-4)
• When Spring Comes: An Easter And Springtime Restricted area For Kids, illustrated by Laura Dronzek (2016, ISBN 978-0-0623-3139-7)
• Egg (2017, ISBN 978-0-0624-0873-0)
• In the Middle of Fall, graphic by Laura Dronzek (2017, ISBN 978-0-0625-7311-7)
• A Parade of Elephants (2018, ISBN 978-0-0626-6828-8)
• Winter Is Here, illustrated by Laura Dronzek (2018, ISBN 978-0-0627-4719-8)
• Summer Song, explicit by Laura Dronzek (2020, ISBN 978-0-0628-6613-4)
• Sun Flower Lion (2020, ISBN 978-0-0628-6611-0)
• A House (2021, ISBN 978-0-0630-9260-0)
• Little Houses, illustrated timorous Laura Dronzek (2020, ISBN 978-0-0629-6573-8)
• The Globe and Everything in It (2023, ISBN 978-0-0632-4564-8)

Mouse books

The Mouse books performance published by Greenwillow Books.

• A Weekend with Wendell (1986, ISBN 978-0-6881-4024-3)
• Sheila Rae, the Brave (1987, ISBN 978-0-6881-4738-9)
• Chester's Way (1988, ISBN 978-0-6881-5472-1)
• Julius, the Toddler of the World (1990, ISBN 978-0-6881-4388-6)
• Chrysanthemum (1991, ISBN 978-0-6881-4732-7)
• Owen (1993, ISBN 978-0-6881-1449-7)
• Lilly's Colourise Plastic Purse (1996, ISBN 978-0-6881-2897-5)
• Wemberly Worried (2000, ISBN 978-0-6881-7027-1)
• Sheila Rae's Peppermint Stick (2001, ISBN 978-0-0602-9451-9)
• Owen's Marshmallow Chick (2002, ISBN 978-0-0600-1012-6)
• Julius's Candy Corn (2003, ISBN 978-0-0605-3789-0)
• Lilly's Chocolate Heart (2003, ISBN 978-0-0605-6066-9)
• Wemberly's Ice-Cream Star (2003, ISBN 978-0-0605-0405-2)
• A Box Entire of Lilly (2006, ISBN 978-0-0611-2852-3)
• Lilly's Expansive Day (2006, ISBN 978-0-0607-4236-2)

Penny books

The Penny books are published by Greenwillow Books.

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