A Box Full of Lilly
Kevin Henkes is the author and illustrator of close to fifty critically acclaimed and award-winning picture books, beginning readers, and novels. He received the Caldecott Medal forKitten's First Full Moonin 2005. Kevin Henkes is also the creator of a number of picture books featuring his mouse characters, including the #1New York TimesbestsellersLilly's Big DayandWemberly Worried, the Caldecott Honor BookOwen, and the belovedLilly's Purple Plastic Purse. His most recent mouse character, Penny, was introduced inPenny and Her Song(2012); her story continued inPenny and Her DollandPenny and Her Marble(a Geisel Honor Book). Bruce Handy, in aNew York Times Book Reviewpiece aboutA Good Day, wrote, "It should be said: Kevin Henkes is a genius." Kevin Henkes received two Newbery Honors for novels—one for his newest novel for young readers,The Year of Billy Miller, and the other forOlive's Ocean. Also among his fiction for older readers are the novelsJunonia,Bird Lake Moon,The Birthday Room, andSun & Spoon. He lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin.