Grade 1

Click on the books below to listen to two award winning books by Keven Henkes!

The Students are taking great delight in books written by Kevin Henkes. Kevin Henkes is author and illustrator of children's picture books, many of which feature mice as their main characters. He also writes young adult fiction. Henkes wrote his first book during his freshman year in college. The book's theme deals with how a child describes the pleasures of occasional solitude. This theme is common in many of Henkes' later books. Henkes, one of five children, says that many of his story lines are inspired by his family and the neighborhood where he grew up in Wisconsin. Henkes' first book, All Alone, was published in 1981 by Green Willow Books. More than 30 books followed, including Chrysanthemum and Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. Henkes won the 2004 Newberry Honor for Olive’s Ocean and a 1994 Caldecott Honor for Owen.
Books and Awards

■ Clean Enough - Winner of the CCBC Choices 1982
■ Bailey Goes Camping - Winner of the CCBC Choices 1985
■ Grandpa & Bo - Winner of the CCBC Choices 1986 and the Council of Winconsin Writers Picture Book Award.
■ A Weekend with Wendell - Winner of the CCBC Choices 1986 and Children's Choices
 1987
■ Once Around the Block - Winner of the CCBC Choices 1987 and the Library Of Congress Best Books of the Year.
■ Sheila Rae, the Brave - Winner of the CCBC Choices 1987
■ Chester's Way - Winner of the CCBC Choices 1988 and the ALA notable Children’s
 Books 1988.
■ Shhhh - Winner of the CCBC Choices 1989
■ Julius, the Baby of the World - Winner of the ALA Notable Children's Books 1990,
■ The Biggest Boy - Winner of the CCBC Choices, 1995
■ Good-Bye Curtis - Winner of the CCBC Choices 1995
■ Circle Dogs - Winner of the CCBC Choices 1998
■ Oh! - Winner of the CCBC Choices 2000
■ Wemberly Worried - Winner of the ALA Notable Children's Book 2000, CCBC Choices