Is It Spring?
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A flower in the garden down the street. Birds in the sky. Buds on the branches in the park. It must be spring.
But wait! What is this icy gust of wind? Why are snowflakes falling from heavy gray clouds? Will it ever be spring? Yes, says the sun. Just be patient.
Kevin Henkes, the #1 New York Times bestseller who has been awarded the Caldecott Medal, two Caldecott Honors, two Newbery Honors, two Geisel Honors, the Childrenâs Literature Lecture Award, and Childrenâs Literature Legacy Award, among numerous other honors, has created a masterful and classic picture book that combines an evocative call-and-response text with delicate and lovely illustrations. Readers will be left assured that the sunâand springâwill always come again.Â
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Kevin Henkes has been praised both as a writer and as an illustrator and is the recipient of the Childrenâs Literature Legacy Award for his lasting contribution to literature for children. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kittenâs First Full Moon; Caldecott Honors for Waiting and Owen; two Newbery Honors, one for Oliveâs Ocean and one for The Year of Billy Miller; and Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble. His other books include The World and Everything in It, A House, A Parade of Elephants, Chrysanthemum, and the beloved Lillyâs Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin.
