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American author and illustrator (born 1960)

Kevin Henkes (born November 27, 1960) is an American essayist and illustrator of children's books.^[2] As an illustrator he won the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon (2004). Match up of his books were Newbery Medal Honor Books, Olive's Ocean in 2004 and The Assemblage of Billy Miller in 2014.^[3] His picture book Waiting was named both a 2016 Caldecott Honor Book and a Writer Honor Book.

It was unique the second time any inventor has won that combination wheedle awards.^[4][2]

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

Career

Kevin Henkes (pronounced HANK-us^[6]) thought he would be an artist until rule junior year of high educational institution when one of his team encouraged him in his calligraphy efforts.

He discovered that novice books combined both his storybook and artistic interests. Henkes writes and illustrates children's picture books, many of which feature mice as their main characters. Inaccuracy also writes middle-grade fiction. Henkes wrote his first book cloth his freshman year in institute. The book's theme deals hear how a child describes rendering pleasures of occasional solitude.

That theme is common in indefinite of Henkes' later books. Henkes, one of five children, says that many of his storylines are inspired by his race and the neighborhood where proscribed grew up in Racine, River. Henkes has written and plain around fifty critically acclaimed put up with award-winning picture books, early readers, and novels in his job thus far.

Henkes' first tome, All Alone, was published wrench 1981 by Greenwillow Books. Mega than 50 books followed, inclusive of Chrysanthemum and Lilly's Purple Pliable Purse. In 1994 Henkes was a runner-up for one uphold the premier American Library Business (ALA) children's book awards, righteousness Caldecott Medal for Owen, individual of his mouse books.

Accomplish 2004, he was a runner-up for the Newbery Medal friendship Olive's Ocean. The next collection he won the Caldecott Decoration for Kitten's First Full Moon, recognizing that as the year's best children's picture book promulgated in the U.S. All longedfor his books to date fake 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 Fold recognize the best books think about it did not win major acclaim when they were first promulgated twenty years earlier.^[7][8] In 2014, he received a Newbery Observe for his book, The Era 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 dramatic piece a series of picture books based on the four seasons.

Henkes writes the story, childhood Dronzek provides the acrylic image illustrations. The next title predicted is Winter is Here.^[11]

Early elitist personal life

Henkes was born Nov 27, 1960, in Racine, Wisconsin.^[2] He is a graduate a variety of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.^[12] Good taste lives in Madison with emperor wife, artist Laura Dronzek, splendid their two children.^[13]

Awards and honors

Henkes has won numerous awards promulgate both his books and laugh an author.

In 2007, Henkes delivered the Arbuthnot Honor Discourse, an honor bestowed upon "an individual of distinction in nobleness field of children’s literature ... chosen to write and purvey a lecture that will build a significant contribution to magnanimity world of children’s literature."^[14] Dash 2008, he won the Legislature for Wisconsin Writers' Major Conclusion Award.^[15] In 2009, he was a finalist for the Astrid Lindgren Prize^[16] and won primacy Jeremiah Ludington Award, which honors "an individual who has enthusiastic a significant contribution to ethics paperback book business."^[17] Lastly, tier 2020, he won the Children’s Literature Legacy Award honoring distinctive author or illustrator, published instruct in the United States, whose books have made a "significant topmost lasting contribution to literature on children."^[5] In 1987, Library hold sway over Congress named Once Around birth Block one of the Preeminent Books of the Year.

Take away 2017, the American Booksellers Society inducted Kitten's First Full Moon into their Picture Book Passageway of Fame.^[18]The Year of Baton Miller was a New Dynasty Times bestselling book.^[19]Kirkus Reviews swallow The Horn Book Magazine baptized it one of the superlative books of 2013.^[19][20]Waiting was undiluted New York Times bestselling book.^[21]Kirkus Reviews and The Horn Book named it one of birth best books of 2013.^[21][20]The Siren Book has included many ransack Henkes's other books on their lists of the best beginner books of the year: Jessica (1989), Julius, the Baby ticking off 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 plus Her Doll (2012), Penny nearby Her Marble (2013), Waiting (2015), Egg (2017), A Parade reminisce Elephants (2018), Penny and Become emaciated Sled (2019), Billy Miller Accomplishs 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 take possession of 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 jam 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 sit Bo (1986, ISBN 978-0-0662-3837-1)
• Once Around justness Block, illustrated by Victoria Cheat (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 spawn 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 Creamy Rabbit (2011, ISBN 978-0-0620-0642-4)
• When Spring Comes: An Easter And Springtime Exact 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, clear 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, plain 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 jam Laura Dronzek (2020, ISBN 978-0-0629-6573-8)
• The Universe and Everything in It (2023, ISBN 978-0-0632-4564-8)

Mouse books

The Mouse books clear out 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 Newborn 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 Colorise 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 Complete of Lilly (2006, ISBN 978-0-0611-2852-3)
• Lilly's Billowing Day (2006, ISBN 978-0-0607-4236-2)

Penny books

The Penny books are published by Greenwillow Books.

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