Kevin Henkes was awarded the Caldecott Medal for "Kitten's First Full Moon". He is the creator of several 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". A starred review from "The Horn Book" called his picture book "Old Bear" "another winner for very young children," and Bruce Handy, in a "New York Times Book Review" piece about "A Good Day", one of the author's most recent picture books, wrote, "It should be said: Kevin Henkes