Lilly’s Chocolate Heart
By Kevin Henkes
Illustrated by Kevin Henkes

“Lilly loves her chocolate heart.
Will she save it?
Forever and ever?
What do you think?”
-- Lilly’s Chocolate Heart (Back cover)

     Lilly has one chocolate heart left from Valentine’s Day, and it’s bedtime, so where is the perfect, safe place to put her chocolate heart until tomorrow? This little bedtime dilemma has Lilly searching around her room for just the right place. Does she find it?

      In Henkes’ eye candy, easy reading style he delights young readers with another of Lilly’s fanciful tales. In a small board book, modest sentences pop off solid, colored backgrounds as Lily, the little white mouse, dances from page to page in search of the perfect place for her last chocolate heart. Like I said, it’s easy reading and perfect for young ones with short attention spans, not to mention the pages are strong enough to survive the pulling, tugging and turning of small hands.

      As a preschooler, my daughter used to pick a book, usually a rhyming one, and make it her favorite, which meant reading it every night for months. Well, Lilly’s Chocolate Heart isn’t a rhyming book, but it does have the spirit to be a favorite. I can just hear a little voice repeating the last page by heart in a fit of laughter.

      Don’t expect to find much information on the book about the author, for that click on the “Read an Excerpt” or the “Amazon link” to discover Henkes’ other wonderful works. There is one more book with Lilly (Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse) and other titles with little mice, such as Julius, Wemberly, Sheila Rae, Chester, and Owen. Henkes also has some wonderful books featuring children.