

Penny went outside and began to smell the roses, just then she realized something! The dolls name should be Rose because she was smelling roses when the mailman delivered her.

She then thought and thought of a name until she became frustrated. However, Papa asks what she named the doll and Penny was shocked that she forgot to give her a name. She showed everyone her new toy and took it everywhere. When Penny unwrapped the pretty paper, there was a doll that she loved dearly. The note was to explain that Grandma was at the store and thought of Penny when she saw this doll. When she opens the package, there is a sweet note and a gift wrapped in pretty paper. The package is for Penny from her Grandma. Mama and Penny are in the garden smelling roses and pulling weeds when the mailman delivers a package. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin.Penny and Her Doll begins in the setting of a garden. His other books include Egg, Old Bear, A Good Day, Chrysanthemum, and the beloved Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten’s First Full MoonWaiting and OwenOlive’s Ocean and one for The Year of Billy Miller-and Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble. Kevin Henkes is an award-winning author and illustrator of many books for children of all ages. Penny and Her Doll is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.ĭon’t miss Penny’s newest adventures in Penny and Her Sled! The Penny books are new classics for beginning readers and will appeal to fans of Frog and Toad, Little Bear, and Henry and Mudge. Kevin Henkes is a master at creating beautifully illustrated books that resonate with young children. But then Papa asks what the doll’s name is, and Penny realizes that she doesn’t know. She introduces her new doll to Mama and to the babies and to Papa. The surprise is a doll, and she is absolutely perfect, from her head to her toes. When Penny receives a surprise box in the mail from Gram, she is thrilled. Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes’s award-winning Penny returns in the second I Can Read story about a sweet and curious mouse, perfect for fans Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, Owen, and Chrysanthemum.
