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Kevin Henkes was born in Racine, Wis. in 1960 and graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. One of four children in his family, Henkes grew up with aspirations of being an artist. As a junior in high school, one of Henkes's teachers awakened his interest in writing. Falling in love with both writing and drawing, Henkes realized that he could do both at the same time as a children's book author and illustrator. At the age of 19, Henkes went to New York City to get his first book, All Alone, published. Since that time, he has written and illustrated dozens of picture books including Chrysanthemum, Protecting Marie, and A Weekend with Wendell. A recurring character in several of Henkes's books is Lily, an outrageous, yet delightful, individualist. Lily finds herself the center of attention in the books Chester's Way, Julius, the Baby of the World, and Lily's Purple Plastic Purse. A Weekend With Wendell was named Children's Choice Book by the Children's Book Council in 1986. He recieved the Elizabeth Burr Award for Words of Stone in 1993. Owen was named a Caldicott Honor in 1994. The Year of Billy Miller was named a Newbery Honor book in 2014. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Chrysanthemum… (more)
Chrysanthemum 8,291 copies, 365 reviews
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse 5,859 copies, 247 reviews
Owen 4,068 copies, 147 reviews
Wemberly Worried 4,062 copies, 135 reviews
Kitten's First Full Moon (Author) 3,162 copies, 314 reviews
Chester's Way 3,036 copies, 81 reviews
Sheila Rae, the Brave 2,986 copies, 69 reviews
Julius, the Baby of the World 2,443 copies, 66 reviews
Olive's Ocean 1,905 copies, 112 reviews
Jessica 1,643 copies, 51 reviews
A Weekend with Wendell 1,390 copies, 38 reviews
Penny and Her Marble I Can Read 1,180 copies, 26 reviews
Lilly's Big Day 1,066 copies, 97 reviews
Old Bear 966 copies, 67 reviews
Birds 890 copies, 57 reviews
Penny and Her Song 862 copies, 48 reviews
Waiting 854 copies, 70 reviews
The Year of Billy Miller 795 copies, 42 reviews
A Good Day 738 copies, 64 reviews
My Garden 606 copies, 83 reviews
When Spring Comes 550 copies, 19 reviews
Bailey Goes Camping 538 copies, 11 reviews
Bird Lake Moon 534 copies, 29 reviews
Words of Stone 522 copies, 6 reviews
Little White Rabbit 460 copies, 57 reviews
Sun & Spoon 449 copies, 9 reviews
Protecting Marie 399 copies, 9 reviews
Penny and Her Doll 395 copies, 14 reviews
Junonia 351 copies, 19 reviews
The Birthday Room 312 copies, 8 reviews
The Zebra Wall 304 copies, 5 reviews
Egg 295 copies, 11 reviews
In the Middle of Fall 287 copies, 9 reviews
Oh! 247 copies, 10 reviews
Sheila Rae's Peppermint Stick 229 copies, 4 reviews
Owen's Marshmallow Chick 217 copies, 8 reviews
The Biggest Boy (Mulberry Books) 212 copies, 5 reviews
Winter Is Here 210 copies, 7 reviews
Circle Dogs 198 copies, 13 reviews
Two Under Par 182 copies, 1 review
A Parade of Elephants 172 copies, 10 reviews
So Happy! 130 copies, 21 reviews
All Alone 124 copies, 28 reviews
Wemberly's Ice-Cream Star 115 copies, 3 reviews
Sweeping Up the Heart 109 copies, 7 reviews
Summer Song 92 copies, 2 reviews
Grandpa and Bo 87 copies, 12 reviews
Julius's Candy Corn 80 copies, 1 review
Good-bye, Curtis 72 copies, 4 reviews
Shhhh 62 copies, 5 reviews
Penny and Her Sled 60 copies, 3 reviews
Billy Miller Makes a Wish 51 copies, 2 reviews
Sun Flower Lion 45 copies, 2 reviews
Little Houses 43 copies, 4 reviews
A House 39 copies, 1 review
Return to Sender 30 copies, 1 review
Oh, Sal 26 copies, 2 reviews
The World and Everything in It 23 copies, 2 reviews
Clean Enough 13 copies, 1 review
Babies 2 copies
Oscar 1 copy
My Garden (Author) 1 copy
Oh Happy 1 copy, 1 review
Winnie's Midnight Dragon (Translator, some editions) 121 copies, 5 reviews
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