Kitten's First Full Moon
# Kitten's First Full Moon

Kitten's First Full Moon is an American children's picture book written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes. Published in 2004, the book tells the story of a kitten who thinks the moon is a bowl of milk and tries many different attempts to drink it. Henkes won the 2005 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations. The book is in black and white and typeset in sans-serif. The idea came from a line in another book by Henkes, "The cat thought the moon was a bowl of milk." Henkes gradually expanded on that for Kitten's First Full Moon.

## Awards and honors

In 2017, the American Booksellers Association inducted Kitten's First Full Moon into their Picture Book Hall of Fame.

Awards for Kitten's First Full Moon :

| Year | Award | Result |
| - | - | - |
| 2004 | Betty Ren Wright Children's Picture Book Award | Honorable Mention |
| 2005 | Caldecott Medal | Winner |
| 2005 | Charlotte Zolotow Award | Winner |
| 2005 | Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award for Children's Picture Book | Winner |
