Lilly’s Big Day

CRITICS HAVE SAID

  • Henkes’s familiar watercolor cartoons elaborate on the witty text.
    –School Library Journal
  • As in the previous books about Lilly, Henkes catches the hopes and dreams of children along with their stubborn belief that the world will turn the way they push it.
    –Booklist

IF YOU LOVE THIS BOOK, THEN TRY:

  • Barasch, Lynne. The Reluctant Flower Girl. HarperCollins, 2001.
  • Cox, Judy. Now We Can Have a Wedding. Holiday House, 1998.
  • Henkes, Kevin. Chester’s Way. Greenwillow, 1988.
  • Henkes, Kevin. Chrysanthemum. Greenwillow, 1991.
  • Henkes, Kevin. Julius, the Baby of the World. Greenwillow, 1990.
  • Henkes, Kevin. Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. Greenwillow, 1996.
  • Henkes, Kevin. Owen. Greenwillow, 1993.
  • Henkes, Kevin. Sheila Rae, the Brave. Greenwillow, 1987.
  • Henkes, Kevin. Wemberly Worried. Greenwillow, 2000.
  • Look, Lenore. Uncle Peter’s Amazing Chinese Wedding. Atheneum, 2006.
  • Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones Is (Almost) a Flower Girl. Random House, 1999.
  • Soto, Gary. Snapshots from the Wedding. Putnam, 1997.