Kevin Henkes

Lilly's purple plastic purse is a children's book by Kevin Henkes.

Olive's Ocean is a 2003 book by Kevin Henkes that won the 2004 Newbery Honor. The story's idea was taken from Kevin Henkes' question, "What was it like for authors growing up?" The book will be made into a motion picture starring Elle Fanning. Olive's Ocean was 59 on the American Library Association's list of the 100 …