Books by Kevin Henkes
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review 1: I thought that the story, "The year of Billy miller" was a good and interesting book. The story is about a little boy named Billy who had an accident over the summer, and sometimes, he confuses himself or doesn't remember things. His parents also worry about his accident, and won...
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review 1: Fuel your child's life with imagination: walk in the snow and photograph your footprints, make a snow angel worth photographing, and then walk briskly to the neighborhood library and find this appealing book.Kevin Henkes is said to have written and illustrated his first book, All...
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review 1: Penny and her marble is a very big favorite of mine when it comes to children’s books. This is a story of a girl named penny who, while outside one day, finds a beautiful marble. The marble catches Penny’s attention immediately and she goes to pick it up. Penny takes the marble w...
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review 1: Penny and Her Doll by Kevin Henkes is a short chapter book novella about Penny's gift she receives in the mail from Gram. Gram sent her a doll with pink cheeks, a pink dress and big buttons. Penny loved her gift more than anything but as Dad said, everyone needs a name. Penny can...
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review 1: My daughter and I read this together this past week. It's the tale of a girl, soon turning 10, going on her annual trip to Sanibel Island, FL. Just a few pages in, and we were hooked, so much so that we've now booked a trip to Sanibel Island this year. It's a lovely story, full o...
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review 1: I love the concept of this book - a little girl who, while helping her mother in their garden, imagines the type of garden *she* would have. Her imagination is endless, from planting seashells to grow seashells, to jellybeans to grow candy plants, to all sorts of things in betwee...
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review 1: Parents need to know that this is a gentle picture book written and illustrated by Caldecott winner Kevin Henkes, whom readers might know from Kitten's First Full Moon or the Lilly series. The text is simple and spare, and the sweet pastel images of the little white rabbit leapin...
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review 1: Old Bear is a children's book written by Kevin Henkes. It is about a bear cub that falls asleep and dreams of the different seasons passing by. He is enjoying them all and loves everything about each one. Suddenly he wakes up and realizes that his dream just might have come true!...
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review 1: This charming story is about a mouse who wants to sing her song, but her parents didn’t want her to wake the babies. Eventually Penny got to sing her song when everyone was awake and the song put the babies to sleep. Like all of Kevin Henks books, this story makes a delightful us...
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review 1: Old bear is reminiscing on the days when he was a cub. He goes back to the seasons when he is a cub, he goes back to the energy he had when he was just a cub. His sweet dreams are all filled with his sweet memories from the past. When he awakes he realizes something...This is a g...