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Kevin Hawkes

Kevin Hawkes is the author and illustrator of The Wicked Big Toddlah and The Wicked Big Toddlah Goes to New York, and is the illustrator of many well-loved books for young readers including Imagine That:! How Dr. Seuss Wrote the Cat in the Hat, Library Lion, My Little Sister Ate One Hare, My Little Sister Hugged an Ape, And to Think That We Thought That We'd Never Be Friends, The Road to OzVelma Gratch, and The Way Cool Butterfly. He lives in Gorham, Maine.
Imagine That!
I Was a Rat!
Remy and Lulu
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
The Road to Oz
The Wicked Big Toddlah Goes To New York
Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly
The Wicked Big Toddlah
A Necklace of Raindrops
My Little Sister Hugged an Ape
My Little Sister Ate One Hare

Books

Imagine That!
I Was a Rat!
Remy and Lulu
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
The Road to Oz
The Wicked Big Toddlah Goes To New York
Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly
The Wicked Big Toddlah
A Necklace of Raindrops
My Little Sister Hugged an Ape
My Little Sister Ate One Hare

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