Happy Birthday!

Kevin Henkes, author and illustrator extraordinaire, celebrates a birthday today. Over the years, he has created some of the most memorable picture books of our time. The perennial favorite is, of course, Lilly's Plastic Purple Purse. I am very hopeful that Kitten's First Full Moon will be the winner of next year's Caldecott medal. It is one of the most simplistically beautiful picture books I have seen in a long while.

Happy Birthday, Kevin!