Author Details
Author Details
Henkes, Kevin
Kevin Henkes was awarded the Caldecott Medal for "Kitten's First Full Moon". He is the creator of several picture books featuring his mouse characters, including the #1 "New York Times" bestsellers "Lilly's Big Day" and "Wemberly Worried", the Caldecott Honor Book "Owen", and the beloved "Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse". A starred review from "The Horn Book" called his picture book "Old Bear" "another winner for very young children," and Bruce Handy, in a "New York Times Book Review" piece about "A Good Day", one of the author's most recent picture books, wrote, "It should be said: Kevin Henkes