Penny and Her Doll

Description: In the second book in the Penny series by Caldecott Medalist Henkes, Penny receives a surprise package in the mail from her grandma. It's a doll! Penny loves her doll, and she sets out to find a name for her. Original.

Brief description:

Kevin Henkes has been praised both as a writer and as an illustrator and is the recipient of the Children's Literature Legacy Award for his lasting contribution to literature for children. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon; Caldecott Honors for Waiting and Owen; Newbery Honors for Olive's Ocean and The Year of Billy Miller; and Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble. His other books include Is It Spring?, The World and Everything in It, A House, A Parade of Elephants, Chrysanthemum, and the beloved Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin.

Review Quotes:

Praise for Little White Rabbit: "Kevin Henkes has a rare ability to see through the eyes of children of all ages." - Horn Book (starred review)

"Enormously appealing." - School Library Journal (starred review)

"A doll of a beginning reader." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"The dynamics are spot-on." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Henkes continues to give children reasons to want to read, long after the satisfaction of learning how to has passed." - Horn Book (starred review)

"As supremely satisfying as a Henkes picture book, this beginning reader belongs in collections everywhere." - School Library Journal (starred review)