“Kevin Henkes is a writer and illustrator known for picture books about mice who deal with everyday challenges of childhood, which make them popular read-alouds in the preschool and early elementary classroom.
In Wemberly Worried, Wemberly worries about her first day of school; in Julius, the Baby of the World, Lilly feels angry and ignored when her mother has a baby; in Caldecott Honor book Owen, a boy’s parents try everything to get him to give up his security blanket.
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He will speak Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Oakland as part of the Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Kids and Teen Series.”
Pittsburgh peeps, you know Kevin Henkes is going to be in your neck of the woods this Sunday, right? https://t.co/i2RNBceaVX
— Martha Mihalick (@MarthaMihalick) January 20, 2016