Quote of the day
There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates.
Kevin Henkes
Born: November 27, 1960 (age 65)
Bio: Kevin Henkes is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. As an illustrator he won the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon. Two of his books were Newbery Medal Honor Books, Olive's Ocean in 2004 and The Year of Billy Miller in 2014.
Known for:
- Chrysanthemum (1991)
- Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse (1996)
- Wemberly worried (2000)
- Kitten's First Full Moon (2004)
- Chester's way (1988)







