Kevin Henkes
5) My garden
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
After helping her mother weed, water, and chase the rabbits from their garden, a young girl imagines her dream garden complete with jellybean bushes, chocolate rabbits, and tomatoes the size of beach balls.
7) Junonia
Author
Language
English
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Description
The week of her tenth birthday, Alice and her parents go to Sanibel Island, Florida, just as they do every year, but this time some of the people who are always there are missing and some new people have come, which unsettles Alice, who wants things to be exactly the same as they alway are.
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English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Mitch and his mother are spending the summer with his grandparents at Bird Lake after his parents separate, and ten-year-old Spencer and his family have returned to the lake where Spencer's little brother drowned long ago, and as the boys become friends and spend time together, each of them begins to heal.
9) Egg
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Language
English
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Description
Three little birds crack their way out of eggs and fly away, leaving one egg sitting all alone until the three chicks come back and discover a friendly baby alligator has finally hatched.
10) Birds
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Fascinated by the colors, shapes, sounds, and movements of the many different birds she sees through her window, a little girl is happy to discover that she and they have something in common.
11) Sun & spoon
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Language
English
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After the death of his grandmother, ten-year-old Spoon observes the changes in his grandfather and tries to find the perfect artifact to preserve his memories of her.
14) Winter is here
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"Snow falls, animals burrow, and children prepare for the wonders winter brings"--
15) Lilly's big day
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
When her teacher announces that he is getting married, Lilly the mouse sets her heart on being the flower girl at his wedding.
18) The zebra wall
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Language
English
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Description
When ten-year-old Adine's mother has a new baby, eccentric Aunt Irene comes to stay and shares Adine's bedroom--an event which requires a great deal of adjustment.
19) Two Under Par
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
Ten-year-old Wedge wants his old life back—the one that made sense.
Instead, he has a brand-new stepfamily and a new house far away from his friends. Plus his bedroom window faces a seven-foot castle that marks the eighteenth hole of his stepfather's miniature golf course.
Can Wedge really respect a man who wears a plastic crown and calls himself "King"? It's a lot to deal with, but Wedge may not have a choice.
...20) Return to Sender
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
This gentle and funny middle grade book from Newbery Honor author Kevin Henkes will appeal to fans of Frindle by Andrew Clements and Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary.
When Whitaker writes a letter to Frogman, a TV superhero, his family laughs, but they stop laughing and start wondering when he receives an answer...
