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Author Study and Presentation By Dana Sur0witz Kevin Henkes

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Author Study and Presentation

By Dana Sur0witz

Kevin Henkes

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Author and illustrator, Kevin Henkes was born in 1960 in Racine, Wisconsin.

Henkes is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

He lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with his wife, Laura Dronzek, and their two children.

Henkes is author and illustrator of children's picture books, many of which feature little mice as their main characters. He also writes young-adult fiction.

Henkes' first book, All Alone, was published in 1981

Kevin loved going to the library when he was little!!!

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Awards and Honors- Once Around the Block (1987) Library of

Congress Best Books of the Year

- Chester's Way (1988) ALA Notable Children's Books

- Julius, the Baby of the World (1990) Winner of the ALA Notable Children's Books and Booklist Editors Choice

- Owen (1993) Caldecott Honor Book

- Wemberly Worried - ALA Notable Children's Book 2000, Parenting Magazine Reading Magic Award, Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books, School Library Journal Best Children's Books

- Olive's Ocean (2004) Newbery Honor Book

- Kitten's First Full Moon (2005) Caldecott Medal

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Kevin Henkes is probably most well known for his

lovable mouse characters who express common

childhood feelings, fears, and fantasies

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Meet The Mice

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THE MOUSE BOOKS

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Kevin Henkes has also authored and illustrated some very well

known picture books. One of his more recent books, Kitten’s First

Full Moon (2005) was awarded the Caldecott Medal for outstanding

illustrations.

This is the first time

Kevinillustrated

in black and white

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Picture Books

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It may also surprise some, that Kevin Henkes is the author of young adult novels. He was

awarded the Newbury Medal for Olive’s Ocean(2004).

"A superior growing up/coming-of-age

story." — Children's Literature

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Novel

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I hope that you will take the time to

discover the wonderful world of

Kevin Henkes.

Maybe you can see a little of yourself

in his characters……

Fun and loving

lifelike Lily

Quiet and determined

like Chrysanthemu

m

Brave and Fearless

like Shelia Rae

Troublemaker and

mischief maker like Wendell

Nervous and

worried like

Wemberly

Attached to a special blankie like Owen

Head strong and

stubborn like Chester

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http://www.kevinhenkes.com

• Explore all the mouse characters• Listen to an interview with Kevin

Henkes• Sign up for his newsletter• Play some games with Lily and

Wemberly• Read Chester and Lily’s favorite

recipes

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Literacy Lesson Idea

ChrysanthemumGr 1-3Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes is a great book to start with at the beginning of the school year.

• Discuss friendship and how we should treat our friends kindly by not making fun of each other.

• Children can look up the meanings of their names with their parents and share a special story about their name.

• The names and stories can also be displayed on a bulletin board.

This book can also be used when

teaching a lesson on bullying and

self-esteem

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Kevin Henkes website. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.kevinhenkes.com/meet/kevin.asp

KevinHenkes. (n.d.) Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Henkes

Kevin Henkes. (n.d.) Retrieved from http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=2221

All images are from Kevin Henkes website

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