Penny and Her Song

Description

Penny is creative. She is sweet. She is curious. Penny is Kevin Henkes's newest mouse, and she is cause for celebration! The New York Times has said that Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes's mouse books "number among the most acute social comedies for children this side of Beverly Cleary." Like Lilly, Owen, Chrysanthemum, and Wemberly-all acclaimed national best-sellers themselves-Penny has a loving family, including two baby siblings, and a problem to solve. In Penny and Her Song, Penny has a song she wants to share . . . but what if she wakes the babies Pitch-perfect, brightly colored, and positively special, Penny and Her Song is easy to love. Terrific to read alone, read aloud, or share together. Simultaneous plush doll available from Merrymakers.

Kevin Henkes is the author and illustrator of more than fifty critically acclaimed and award-winning picture books, beginning readers, and novels. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon in 2005, and Waiting won a Caldecott Honor and Geisel Honor in 2016. 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. His most recent mouse character, Penny, was introduced in Penny and Her Song; her story continued in Penny and Her Doll and Penny and Her Marble (a Geisel Honor Book). 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 The Year of Billy Miller, and the other for Olive's Ocean. Also among his fiction for older readers are the novels Junonia, Bird Lake Moon, The Birthday Room, and Sun & Spoon. Kevin Henkes has been published by Greenwillow Books since the release of his first book, All Alone, in 1981. His fiftieth book, the picture book Egg, was published in January 2017. Most recently, he is the author of In the Middle of Fall, Winter Is Here, Summer Song, A Parade of Elephants, Sweeping Up the Heart, and Penny and Her Sled. He lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin. www.kevinhenkes.com.

"A quiet gem." -- School Library Journal (starred review) "Imagination grows and spreads from the fertile pages of this book to the minds of young readers...A must for every library." -- School Library Journal (starred review) "This intimate exploration of a child's burgeoning imagination hits every note right...Just plain perfect." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)