Henkes kevin biography of nancy wilson

Education: Attended University of Wisconsin —Madison. Home— Madison, WI. Kevin Henkes has been writing and illustrating for children ever since he was almost a child himself: he won his first New York contract when he was only nineteen.

Henkes kevin biography of nancy wilson: Born , in Racine, WI;

He is equally at home in the world of middle-grade and young adult novels as he is in that of picture books for preschool and primary graders. He makes them human. In her review of Jessica, Mary Harris Veeder suggested in Tribune Books that Henkes's ability to represent with accuracy, sensitivity, and good-humor, many of the events children experience in day-to-day life is one reason for his popularity with young readers.

Veeder wrote, "Henkes' children are full of the imperfections and emotions which mark real life. Though initially best known for his picture books, Henkes has also made a name for himself as a novelist. Henkes humanizes the characters in his novels for an older audience just as he does those for younger readers. Speaking with Booklist 's Ilene Cooper, Henkes noted that he has been writing novels for as long as he's been doing picture books, since the early s.

Sometimes it will take me a week to write a paragraph.