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Introduction Why we chose Kevin Henkes’s books? What we did in this report ? The purpose of this report

Author Kevin Henkes was born in Racine, Wisconsin, in November of He attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison. When Kevin was a little boy, his parents and teacher told him he was good at drawing. He loves books, reading and looking over his favorites many times. He often wondered about the authors and llustrators but never imagined that one day he would be one. At nineteen, he took his portfolio flew to New York, hoping to find a publisher. His first book, All Alone, was published in Since then he has written and illustrated many picture books and written several novels.

Summary Characters Setting Narrative Point of View Plot Conflict Theme Style Tone Style of Painting Conclusion

Summary This story is about a girl who was so lonely that one day came to imagine there is a friend called Jessica beside her. Therefore, the little girl shared everything with Jessica and Jessica would take all the blame. However, no matter how the little girl’s parent told her not to go too deep into her imaginations, the little girl would not listen. Until one day, the little girl’s parents decided to send her to kindergarten, she was at first unwilling to. Yet, when the little girl spends a day in the kindergarten, she met her true friend, Jessica.

Characters Ruthie – Main character. A lonely girl. Jessica – Invisible character. An imaginary girl by Ruthie. Setting Home  School A timeless tale.

Narrative Point of View External Omniscient - “All knowing” Plot

Conflict The conflict is caused by the character herself for she truly believes in what she had imagined. However, it seemed most people are against her. Theme Lonely  Friendship

Style There is no Jessica,” said Ruthie’s parents. “But there was,” repeated telling by the author.  “There is no Jessica in adults’ point of view, but from children’s perspective, there is Jessica.” Tone The tone used in this story seemed little emotions like neither happy nor sad.

Style of Illustration Bright but soft colors like green and pink  To create a fancy world for children Lots of blank space around the main pictures  To leave space for imaginations Different shape of the pictures  To create a vivid, special image

Conclusion A friend indeed is a friend in need.

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse Inspiration Summary Character Conflict Theme Style of painting

Inspiration Many years ago when Henkes was on a book tour, waiting in an airport. He believes he was in Boise, Idaho, when he spotted a girl with a pocket book just like Lilly’s. “The girl was driving her father crazy,” Henkes says. “It was on of those moments when the light bulb really goes off. I thought the pocketbook would be perfect for Lilly. So I got on the airplane and began writing.”

Summary Lilly loved everything about school, especially her teacher, Mr. Slinger. One day, Lilly took her new glittery glasses and purple plastic purse to school. She was so excited to show her new things to her classmates that interrupted the class. Mr. Slinger took away her things to keep until the end of the day, Lilly was so furious that drew a nasty picture of him and slipped it into his bag. However, Mr. Slinger didn’t scold at Lilly, but gave compliment on her new things. This made Lilly very embarrassed, and set out to made amends. Finally, Mr. Slinger accepted Lilly’s apology and joined into Lilly’s dance.

Characters Lilly A lovely, cleaver, and brave mouse. who loves everything about school, such as the squeaky chalk, the privacy of her own desk, and especially her teacher, Mr. Slinger. She is a lovely, cleaver, and brave mouse. Mr. Slinger A special, patient, and kind teacher. Who is as sharp as a tack, wears artistic shirts, wears glasses on a chin around his neck.

Conflict Mr. Slinger took away Lilly’s newly purse. Mr. Slinger returned purse to Lilly and put a note and a small bag of tasty snacks in it.

Theme Doing right thing at the right time. Never judge a thing before it is not crystal clear yet Since you did a wrong thing to somebody, it is necessary to confess your fault and make apology to the person.

Style of Illustration The main painting style in this book is using cartoon art, I think it’s related to the main character is animal, mouse. However, although the illustration is comic style, pictures are in high coordination, especially the facial expression on the characters. The layout of this book differs from common ones. It is more like icongraph but not actually is. Illustrator uses watercolor paints and a black pen for the full- color art. In color choosing, illustrator uses more light and vivid colors to make it look colorful.

Kitten’s First Full Moon Author’s thirty-forth book for children Published in Caldecott Medal Winner Summary This is the kitten’s first full moon in her life, but she did not know what is that. Out of nature instinct, she thought that was a big bowl of milk. She tries all sorts of methods to get that, but all in vain. Luckily, she still got one one the porch when she went back.

Kitten’s First Full Moon Character: Kitten (and the Moon) Setting: a full-moon night Theme The kitten is reaching the moon, which is just like a person is reaching a goal. Although the process must be hard and tough, the ending would be as sweet as fruit. Narrative point of view: “all-knowing”, External- Omniscient-Narrator Conflict: the protagonist against nature

Kitten’s First Full Moon Plot Progressive or Dramatic Plot

Style of Illustration This is the first time the author uses black and white to compose the whole story. He keeps everything as simple and spare as possible. He drew a white moon, a white cat, and a white bowl of milk surrounded by the black night.

Book Cover Title, YearJessica, 1989 Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, 1996 Kitten’s First Full Moon, 2004 Main CharacterRuthie, humanLilly, mouseKitten Theme Family caring and friendship Confess one’s fault and make an apology Pursue the goal SettingHome, schoolSchool, homeA full-moon night ConflictAgainst herselfAgainst societyAgainst nature Narrative Point of View All knowing Plot Progressive or dramatic plot Progressive or dramatic plot Progressive or dramatic plot Style of Illustration Bright color Blank Different shapes Watercolor paints and a black pen for the full-color art Black and white, as simple and spare as possible