Bruce Handy, in a New York Times Book Review piece about A 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 for Olive's Ocean. His most recent mouse character, Penny, was introduced in Penny and Her Song (2012) her story continued in Penny and Her Doll and Penny and Her Marble (a Geisel Honor Book). Kevin Henkes is also the creator of a number of picture books featuring his mouse characters, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Lilly's Big Day and Wemberly Worried, the Caldecott Honor Book Owen, and the beloved Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon in 2005. Kevin Henkes is the author and illustrator of close to fifty critically acclaimed and award-winning picture books, beginning readers, and novels. It get children thinking about and bonding with their own names and the names of everyone else in the class, and it's the perfect vehicle for starting a discussion about treating classmates with tolerance, kindness, and compassion. This is an ideal break-the-ice book for the first week of school. Perfectly executed in words and illustration, Chrysanthemum exemplifies Henkes's talent for creating true picture stories for young audiences.- The Horn Book This popular picture book has sold more than a million copies and was named a Notable Book for Children by the American Library Association. What will it take to make her blossom again? You're named after a flower teases Victoria.

Written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes, the nationally bestselling and celebrated creator of Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, Owen, and Kitten's First Full Moon, Chrysanthemum is a don't-miss classic, especially for back to school.Ĭhrysanthemum thinks her name is absolutely perfect-until her first day of school. Chrysanthemum is a funny and honest school story about teasing, self-esteem, and acceptance to share all year round.

Mouse named chrysanthemum