My garden / Kevin Henkes.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780061715181
- ISBN: 0061715182
- ISBN: 9780061715174
- ISBN: 0061715174
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, [2010]
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | 670 Lexile. PreSchool-Grade 2 (SLJ). |
Awards Note: | A Junior Library Guild selection Charlotte Zolotow Honor, 2011 Charlotte Zolotow Award: Highly Commended |
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Genre: | Novels. Children's picture books. Children's picture books. Children's stories > Pictorial works. Picture books. Fiction. Juvenile works. Novels. Picture books for children. |
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | P FAVORTITES HEN (Text) | 000155911 | Children's Library -- Picture Book | Available | - |
Author Notes
My Garden
Kevin Henkes was born in Racine, Wis. in 1960 and graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. One of four children in his family, Henkes grew up with aspirations of being an artist. As a junior in high school, one of Henkes's teachers awakened his interest in writing. Falling in love with both writing and drawing, Henkes realized that he could do both at the same time as a children's book author and illustrator. At the age of 19, Henkes went to New York City to get his first book, All Alone, published. Since that time, he has written and illustrated dozens of picture books including Chrysanthemum, Protecting Marie, and A Weekend with Wendell. A recurring character in several of Henkes's books is Lily, an outrageous, yet delightful, individualist. Lily finds herself the center of attention in the books Chester's Way, Julius, the Baby of the World, and Lily's Purple Plastic Purse. A Weekend With Wendell was named Children's Choice Book by the Children's Book Council in 1986. He recieved the Elizabeth Burr Award for Words of Stone in 1993. Owen was named a Caldicott Honor in 1994. The Year of Billy Miller was named a Newbery Honor book in 2014. (Bowker Author Biography)