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    All Alone

    by Kevin Henkes, Kevin Henkes (Illustrator)

    Hardcover

    (Reissue)

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    • ISBN-13: 9780060541156
    • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    • Publication date: 05/01/2003
    • Edition description: Reissue
    • Pages: 40
    • Sales rank: 435,997
    • Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.25(d)
    • Age Range: 4 - 8 Years

    Kevin Henkes has been praised both as a writer and as an illustrator. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten’s First Full Moon; Caldecott Honors for Waiting and Owen; two Newbery Honors—one for Olive’s Ocean and one for The Year of Billy Miller—and Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble. His other books include Egg, Old Bear, A Good Day, Chrysanthemum, and the beloved Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin. www.kevinhenkes.com

    Kevin Henkes has been praised both as a writer and as an illustrator. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten’s First Full Moon; Caldecott Honors for Waiting and Owen; two Newbery Honors—one for Olive’s Ocean and one for The Year of Billy Miller—and Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble. His other books include Egg, Old Bear, A Good Day, Chrysanthemum, and the beloved Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin. www.kevinhenkes.com

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    Brief Biography

    Hometown:
    Madison, Wisconsin
    Date of Birth:
    November 27, 1960
    Place of Birth:
    Racine, Wisconsin
    Education:
    University of Wisconsin, Madison
    Website:
    http://www.kevinhenkes.com
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    When you are alone, you can do all sorts of things -- pretend you are tiny (or enormous), hear things other people can't hear, and see things they can't see. Being alone is fine -- sometimes.

    Kevin Henkes's first book makes it clear that he remembers his own childhood and respects that time in others. His remarkable paintings have a life and luminescence that are unforgettable.

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    Publishers Weekly
    Kevin Henkes offers a meditative reflection on the joys of solitude in his first book, All Alone, originally published more than 20 years ago. A boy contemplates the joys of using his imagination-"When I'm alone,/ I can change my size any way I like./ I can be tall enough to taste the sky"-ultimately concluding that being all alone is fun "for just a while." Watercolor-and-colored-pencil art complements the gentle text with timeless images of nature and wonder. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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    Children need time alone—quiet time to explore and to wonder at the world—and sometimes adults may forget how new and surprising that world can be to kids. The little boy in this story spends some time by himself and reflects, realizing that when he is alone he hears more and sees more. He can hear the trees breathe and he can make out shapes in their tangled roots. He basks in the sun and stretches up to taste the sky, but he also thinks about his friends, wondering what they are doing, for he doesn't spend all his days alone. He just wants to live all by himself for a while. The artwork is done in watercolors and colored pencils and each picture appears sealed within glass, the moment captured as a precious memory. The story was originally published over twenty years ago, but today's children may need that sense of quiet, that interlude, more than ever because their days are often scheduled and busy. 2003 (orig. 1981), Greenwillow/HarperCollins,
    — Carolyn Mott Ford <%ISBN%>0060541156
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