Pub Date: May 26, 2015
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 08 to 12
Physical Info: 0.80" H x 7.90" L x 5.40" W ( 0.70 lbs) 240 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | New Experience | Friendship | SelfEsteem and SelfReliance | School and Education | Family | Parents | Boys and Men | Humorous Stories | Poetry see also Stories in Verse | Activity Books | General
Series: Miller Family Story
Description: Seven-year-old Billy Miller starts second grade with a bump on his head and a lot of worries, but by the end of the year he has developed good relationships with his teacher, his little sister, and his parents and learned many important lessons.
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:
"Billy Miller's second-grade year is quietly spectacular in a wonderfully ordinary way. . . . Henkes offers . . . a sense that experiences don't have to be extraordinary to be important and dramatic. . . . Sweetly low-key and totally accessible." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"A vivid yet secure portrait of a boy coming into his confidence . . . [with] a comfortable rhythm perfectly suited to young readers. . . . Nuanced and human." - Horn Book (starred review)
"Funny and often poignant . . . Billy himself might have been daunted by a book with more than 200 pages, but eager young readers will find this a great first chapter book to share or read solo." - School Library Journal (starred review)
"A story with a lot of heart." - Booklist
"Smartly attuned to emerging readers, and its warmth, relatable situations, and sympathetic hero give it broad appeal." - Publishers Weekly
"Thoughtful kids able to tackle a book of this length will enjoy reading this on their own, but it would also make a fine choice for reading aloud in the classroom or home." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Henkes's delightful story is restrained and vivid in in just this way: forgoing the overdramatic or zany, it shows the substance, warmth and adaptability of beautifully common family love." - New York Times