num_pages: 240
description: Award-winning nationally bestselling author Kevin Henkes introduces second-grader Billy Miller in this fast-paced and funny story about friendship sibling rivalry and elementary school. The Year of Billy Miller includes black-and-white art by Kevin Henkes and is perfect for fans of the Ramona books; Frindle by Andrew Clements; and the Clementine series.The New York Times declared: Henkes's delightful story is restrained and vivid . . . forgoing the overdramatic or zany it shows the substance warmth and adaptability of beautifully common family love.When Billy Miller has a mishap at the statue of the Jolly Green Giant at the end of summer vacation he ends up with a big lump on his head. What a way to start second grade with a lump on your head! As the year goes by though Billy figures out how to navigate elementary school how to appreciate his little sister and how to be a more grown up and responsible member of the family and a help to his busy working mom and stay-at-home dad. Newbery Honor author and Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes delivers a short satisfying laugh-out-loud-funny school and family story that features a diorama homework assignment a school poetry slam cancelled sleepovers and epic sibling temper tantrums. This is a perfect short novel for the early elementary grades.
language: English
title: The Year of Billy Miller
publisher: Greenwillow Books