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Kevin Hawkes

Kevin Hawkes

Kevin Hawkes

KEVIN HAWKES is the illustrator of over 35 acclaimed picture books and chapter books including Library Lion, Weslandia, and Chicken Cheeks. His vibrant colors, unusual perspectives, and sense of humor are hallmarks of his work. He lives with his charming wife and children in Southern Maine where he is often found wandering aimlessly in his garden. When forced indoors, he works quite happily painting cobalt blue skies, imaginary landscapes, and flying pianos.

News:
A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea has won an award
Jul 15, 2011
News:
A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea has won an award
Jul 15, 2011
A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea will be released on May 24, 2011 in eBook
May 24, 2011
A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea is now available in eBook
May 24, 2011
News:
A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea has won an award
Dec 09, 2010
A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea will be released on September 07, 2010 in Hardcover
Sep 07, 2010
A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea is now available in Hardcover
Sep 07, 2010
News:
Chicken Cheeks has won an award
Apr 21, 2010
Mar 13, 2010
News:
Chicken Cheeks has won an award
Feb 20, 2010
News:
Chicken Cheeks has won an award
Nov 06, 2009
Chicken Cheeks is now available in Hardcover
Jan 06, 2009
Chicken Cheeks will be released on January 06, 2009 in
Jan 06, 2009
Chicken Cheeks is now available in
Jan 06, 2009
Chicken Cheeks will be released on January 06, 2009 in Hardcover
Dec 19, 2008

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Pocono Record, September 9, 2011
...maybe for you, too. Books to Borrow "The Librarian Who Measured the Earth" by Kathryn Lasky, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes, Little, Brown, 48 pages. Read aloud: age 6-7 and older. Read yourself: age 8 and older. Children are curious creatures, and their...
School Library Journal, August 12, 2011
...Bitty Man and Other Poems for the Very Young Translated by Marilyn Nelson and Pamela Espeland Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes Candlewick Press $15.99 ISBN: 978-0763623791 Ages 3-8 On shelves now. Denmark! Mention the country and children’s literature in...
Craig Daily Press, May 27, 2011
...Terrible Idea.” That’s the title of a picture book, written by Michael Ian Black and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. It’s published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (2010), an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publication Division....
Penrith Star, May 25, 2011
...libraries will be reading this book at the same time: 11.00am. “Library Lion” by Michelle Knudsen & Kevin Hawkes Reviewed by Brayden Popovich, Class 3/4W This book will fill your heart with warmth. There’s a lion that comes into an old-fashioned...
School Library Journal, April 26, 2011
...pet; A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea by Michael Ian Black (S & S, 2010), illustrated by Kevin Hawkes, a book that explains why pigs aren't cut out to march in unison; and Dust Devil by Anne Isaacs (Random, 2010), illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky, a...
PublishersWeekly.com, April 8, 2011
...illus. by James Dean (HarperCollins) A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea by Michael Ian Black, illus. by Kevin Hawkes (Simon & Schuster) The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood, illus. by Renata Liwska (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Indies Choice Book Awards...
Juneau Empire, March 10, 2011
...Shoes, by Eric Litwin, James Dean (Illus.) A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea, by Michael Ian Black, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.) The Quiet Book, by Deborah Underwood, Renata Liwska (Illus.) Picture book hall of fame Bread and Jam for Frances, by Russell Hoban,...
Playing by the book, September 16, 2011
...starting the session with Otto the Book Bear by Katie Cleminson and Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen and Kevin Hawkes and I shall round it off with Delilah Darling is in the Library by Jeanne Willis and Rosie Reeve and Dog Loves Books by Louise Yates. ...
A Fuse #8 Production, August 12, 2011
...Other Poems for the Very Young By Halfdan Rasmussen Translated by Marilyn Nelson and Pamela Espeland Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes Candlewick Press $15.99 ISBN: 978-0763623791 Ages 3-8 On shelves now. Denmark! Mention the country and children’s...
Mommy Poppins - Things to Do in NYC with Kids, July 25, 2011
...and a Sunday drive in the country took us there." 3. Weslandia by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes Quixotic or megalomaniacal? A bullied, teenage oddball grows mysterious crops from windblown seeds, then uses their fruit, tubers and bark to...
Jen Robinson's Book Page, June 22, 2011
...Book: The Wicked Big Toddlah Goes to New York ( WorldCat ) Author: Kevin Hawkes Pages: 40 Age Range: 3 to 8 Somehow I missed Kevin Hawkes' The Wicked Big Toddlah , though I'm not sure how it escaped my attention. When the sequel...
Melissa Wiley, May 30, 2011
...bee book, which is saying something—is ecstatic. The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. Picture book I’ve heard good things about but haven’t read yet. I’ll be adding to this list over time. For...
Melissa Wiley, May 30, 2011
...bee book, which is saying something—is ecstatic. The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. Picture book I’ve heard good things about but haven’t read yet. I’ll be adding to this list over time. For...
Melissa Wiley, May 30, 2011
...bee book, which is saying something—is ecstatic. The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. Picture book I’ve heard good things about but haven’t read yet. I’ll be adding to this list over time. For...