Book Descriptions
for All Alone by Kevin Henkes
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
“No one looks just like me or thinks just like I do.” A young child reflects upon the importance of time to imagine, think, and enjoy being by himself. A beautifully-designed jacket and endpapers introduce and conclude this carefully made book illustrated with drawings and paintings in blue, green, brown and rose hues. The author/artist grew up in Racine and developed this book when he was a freshman at UW-Madison. (Up to 9 years)
CCBC Choices 1981 . © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1981. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
When you are alone, you can do all sorts of things -- pretend you are tiny (or enormous), hear things other people can't hear, and see things they can't see. Being alone is fine -- sometimes.
Kevin Henke's first book makes it clear that he remembers his own childhood and respects that time in others. His remarkable paintings have a life and luminescense that are unforgettable.
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.