Kevin Henkes

1. Author and Illustrator Kevin Henkes Created by Kasey Huffman

2. Author & Illustrator Kevin Henkeswas born in 1960 in Racine, Wisconsin. He always had a love for books. At a young age he would draw cars and cartoon characters. He never dreamed that he would be an author and illustrator. Henkes attended the University of Wisconsin because of the School of Education’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center. In 1981 when Henkes was 19 years old he published his first book, All Alone.

3. Kevin Henkescharacters in many of his books are mice. He uses his books to teach a life lesson: having a security blanket, an invisible friend, being afraid, or just being different. Henkes characters show emotions through their ears and tails rather than facial expressions. Children love his cartoon like characters.

4. Activities Books Life Lessons Assessment

5. Books

6. Perseverance

7. Value Friendship and The Joy of Imagination

8. Taking Responsibility for Mistakes and Fixing It

9. Tolerance, Acceptance of Others and Self-Acceptance

10. Value of Friendship

11. Perseverance and Growing-Up

12. Tolerance, Acceptance of Others and Self-Acceptance

13. Respect and Appreciation

14. Math LanguageArts Activities Graphic Organizers

15. Language Arts • Author’s Purpose • Cause and Effect • Characterization • Compare and Contrast • Predictions • Sequencing • Story Elements

16. Math • Counting • Money • Graphing

17. Graphic Organizers • Venn Diagrams • Story Maps • T-Charts • Who, What, Where Use graphic organizers to compare and contrast characters or books.

18. Introductory Activity • Kevin Henkes Book Display • Students will: • Analyze mice characters • Make a text-to-self connection • Describe their feelings • Create a character of their own • Write a journal entry to explain text-to-self connection

19. Culminating Activity • Mouse Character Party • Lilly’s Nifty Cheese Straws • Wemberly’s “Don’t-Cry-Over-Spilled-Punch” Punch • Chrysanthemum’s Parcheesi Nips • Chester and Wilson’s Never-Better Peanut Butter Cookies • Penny’s Costume Creation- have students create simple costumes with classroom supplies such as: silly sunglasses, jewelry, funny hats, etc.

20. Activities • Chrysanthemum – The students will graph the number of letters in each child’s name. • Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse –The students will write a friendly letter including the five parts: heading, salutation, body, closing and signature. • Owen – The student will classify and categorize things that belong at home and things that belong at school. • Julius – The students will use descriptive language to explain Lilly’s personality. • Wemberly Worried – The students will write a letter to Wemberly, encouraging her and telling her about your first day of school. • Jessica – The students will draw a picture of an imaginary friend.

21. Assessment The teacher will explain the format of a riddle Ask students to select an object (noun) that is their favorite Write a riddle that is a clue to the objects identity Present the riddle to the class and have their classmates guess the object

22. Assessment Kevin Henkes Author Study Comprehension Test 20 questions – main idea, story elements, genre, vocabulary, inference and detail • http://firstgradecce.wikispaces.com/Author-K.+Henkes

23. Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for Grade 2 and can be used with grades 1-4Language Arts Standards: Reading: LiteratureKey Ideas and DetailsAsk and answer questions about key details in a text.Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

24. Bibliography Books to Begin On The Biggest Boy. By: Kevin Henkes. Illustrator: Nancy Tafuri. Greenwillow Books. New York. 1995. Summary: Billy and his parents discuss how big he is getting. Suggestion: Students will bring in a baby picture to show how they have grown and changed over the years. A Good Day. By: Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow Books. New York. 2007. Summary: A bird, a fox, a dog, and a squirrel overcome minor setbacks to have a very good day. Suggestion: Students will write about a bad day that turned into a good day. Julius’s Candy Corn. By: Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow Books. New York. 2003. Summary: When can waiting for a party be both a trick and a treat? Just ask Julius! Suggestion: Students will do a hands on math activity where they will place the correct number of candy corn beside the number. Kitten’s First Full Moon. By: Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow Books. New York. 2004. Summary: When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it. Suggestion: Students will be given a copy of 100 moons. They will fill in the moons with numbers beginning with 1 and writing to 100. Lilly’s Chocolate Heart. By: Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow Books. New York. 2004. Summary: Lilly loves her chocolate heart. Will she save it? Forever and ever? What do you think? Suggestion: This is a good book to use around Valentine’s Day, giving each student a chocolate heart and tell the students to listen for the prepositional phrase and having the students to place their heart in these places. For example: over their head. Old Bear. By: Kevin Henkes. GreenwillowBookds. New York. 2008. Summary: When Old Bear falls asleep for the winter, he has a dream that he is a cub again, enjoying each of the four seasons. Suggestion: Students will go on a field trip and explore different aspects of nature.

25. Bibliography Owen’s Marshmallow Chick. By: Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow Books. New York. 2002. Summary: “My favorite,” said Owen when he saw the marshmallow chick. “My favorite,” you will saw when you read this book. Suggestion: This is a good Eater book, giving each student a different color of marshmallow chicks and tissue paper in matching colors the students will match the chick to the tissue paper. Sheila Rae’s Peppermint Stick. By: Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow Books. New York. 2001. Summary: One peppermint stick. Two sisters. See sibling rivalry turn to sweet solidarity. Loise wants a taste of her sister’s peppermint stick, but Sheila Rae will not make it easy for her. Suggestion: Students will divide pictures of fruits, vegetables, and desserts in equal halves. Wemberly’s Ice-Cream Star. By: Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow Books. 2003. Summary: One hot simmer day Wemberly finds the patience – just like a frosty treat – will go a long way Suggestion: Students will make an ice cream sundae adding different toppings. Picturebooks Birds. By: Kevin Henkes. Illustrator: Laura Dronzek. Summary: Birds come in all sizes, shapes, and colors. Birds are magic. Birds are everywhere. If you listen very carefully you will hear them, no matter where you live. And is you look very closely you will see them, no matter where you are. And if you can’t go outside right this minute, you can always read this book! Suggestion: Students will sort birds according to size, shape, and color. Circle Dogs. By: Kevin Henkes. Illustrator: Dan Yaccarino. Greenwillow Books. New York. 1998. Summary: Circle dogs live in a square house with a square yard, eat circle snacks, and dig circle holes. Suggestion: Students will review simple shapes and cut them out.

26. Bibliography Chester’s Way. By: Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow Books. New York. 1988. Summary: Chester and Wilson share the same exact way of doing things, until Lilly moves into the neighborhood and shows them that new ways can be just as good. Suggestion: Students will use a Venn Diagram to compare characteristics of Chester and Wilson to the characteristics of Willie. Chrysanthemum. By: Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow Books. New York. 1991. Summary: Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it. Suggestion: The class will make a graph of the number of letters in each students name. Lilly’s Big Day. By: Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow Books. New York. 2006 Summary: When her teacher announces that he is getting married. Lilly the mouse sets her heart on being the flower girl at his wedding. Suggestion: Students will help writing a Reader’s Theatre for this book and perform it for the class. Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. By: Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow Books. New York. 1996. Summary: Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, but when he asks her to wait a while before showing her new purse, she does something for which she is very sorry later. Suggestion: Owen. By: Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow Books. New York. 1993. Summary: Owen’s parents try to get him to give up his favorite blanket before he starts school, but when their efforts fall, they come up with a solution that makes everyone happy.

27. Bibliography Contemporary Realistic Fiction Bird Lake Moon. By: Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow Books. New York. 2008. Summary: 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 older brother drowned long ago, and as the boys become friends and spend time together, each of them begin to heal. Suggestion: Students will describe the relationship between the two boys, Mitch and Spencer. Books Listed in the Presentation Jessica. By: Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow Books. New York. 1989. Summary: Ruthie does everything with her imaginary friend Jessica; and then on her fist day at kindergarten, she meets a real new friend with the same name. Suggestion: Draw a picture of an imaginary friend. Julius The Baby of the World. By: Kevin Kenkes. Greenwillow Books. New York. 1990. Summary: Lilly is convinced that the arrival of her new baby brother is the worst thing that has happened in their house, until Cousin Garland comes to visit. Suggestion: Write descriptive words to describe Lilly. Grandpa and Bo. By: Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow Books. New York. 1986. Summary: Young Bo spends the summer with his grandfather in the country and has a wonderful time. Suggestion: Write about something special you did with a grandparent.

28. References Henkes, Kevin. About Kevin Henkes. Retrieved July 28th, 2014 from http://www.kevinhenkes.com/ Kevin Henkes Clipart. Retrieved July 28th, 2014 from https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0LEVzLaWthTOG4AnoJXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTB0bXNwZmZ2BHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkA1ZJUDQ0OF8x?_adv_prop=image&fr=moz35&sz=all&va=kevin+henkes+clip+art