When a high school English teacher told Kevin Henkes, “I wouldn’t be surprised if I saw a book with your name on it one day,” she likely didn’t expect to see more than 60 books with Henkes’ writing or ...

STAMFORD -- Kevin Henkes held up a photocopy of a piece of college-ruled paper Thursday morning as he sat with a class of kindergarten and first-grade students at Long Ridge School. The paper showed a ...

Kevin Henkes has brought Owen, Lilly and Penny to life. He has told the tale of a kitten who pines for a bowl of milk in the sky, and shared the stories of a whole menagerie of critters in nearly 50 ...

Distinctly versatile Kevin Henkes, who received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten’s Full Moon and Newbery Honors for Olive’s Ocean, targets a slightly different audience in The Year of Billy Miller ...

So begins Kevin Henkes’ latest award-winning children’s book, simply titled “Waiting.” It tells the story of five toy animals — an owl, a pig, a bear, a puppy and a rabbit — sitting on a child’s ...

“I think writers are observers and watchers. We always have our ears open and eyes open, so I might see something in everyday life that inspires me. Everyday life is where I get my inspiration.” — ...

Alice is turning 10, her first birthday in double digits, and it proves a moment of change. Alice’s family has always gone on a midwinter vacation to shell-laden western Florida, staying in the same ...

One of the most delightful aspects of becoming a parent is the chance to discover new children's books that weren't around when we were kids. And some of my favorite discoveries are by author and ...

In a evocative companion to When Spring Comes, spouses Dronzek and Henkes praise the beauty of fall in full swing: “In the middle of Fall,/ when the leaves/ have already turned/ and the sky is mostly ...

Audience members can also get in on the act when the cast invites them to help with the show's sound effects. And, some lucky audience member will be chosen, by random, to receive a set of Kevin ...