Richard Hefter facts for kids
Richard Hefter was an American author and illustrator who created many popular books for children. He was born on March 20, 1941, and passed away on May 6, 2011.
About Richard Hefter
Richard Hefter met another children's author, Jacquelyn Reinach, in 1975. Together, they worked on many creative projects.
Hefter is most famous for creating the character Stickybear. He also helped create and illustrate the popular Sweet Pickles series of books with Jacquelyn Reinach. The Sweet Pickles books were very successful, selling over 40 million copies!
Hefter wanted to help kids understand feelings like shyness, laziness, and embarrassment. He did this in a fun and funny way through his stories. In 1982, he even started a company called Optimum Resource, which made computer software. Richard Hefter passed away in 2011 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
Richard Hefter's Books
Richard Hefter wrote and illustrated many books, especially for young children. He is best known for creating Stickybear and for illustrating the Sweet Pickles books.
The Strawberry Library of First Learning
One of his well-known series is called The Strawberry Library of First Learning. You can spot these books because they all have a strawberry picture somewhere on the cover. Many of the characters in this series are animals that act like humans, which is called anthropomorphic.
These books were first published by companies like McGraw-Hill, Grosset & Dunlap, and Optimum Resources. Here are some of the books from this series:
- A Noise in the Closet (1974)
- The Strawberry Book of Shapes (1977)
- One Bear, Two Bears: The Strawberry Number Book (1980)
- The Strawberry Book of Colors (1980)
- Some, More, Most (Written by Judy Freudberg and Illustrated by Richard Hefter)
- Yes and No: A Book of Opposites
- The Strawberry Mother Goose (Written by Lawrence Di Fiori and Illustrated by Richard Hefter)
- Noses and Toes: An Up and Down and in and Out Book
- An Animal Alphabet
- One White Crocodile Smile: A Number Book
- Things that Go
- The Strawberry Look Book
- The Strawberry Word Book
- Strawberry Picture Dictionary
- Bears at Work
- Stickybear Book of Weather
- Jobs for Bears (1983)
- Watch Out! The Stickybear Book of Safety (1983)
- Lots of Little Bears: A Stickbear Counting Book (1983)
- Bears Away From Home (1983)
- Where is the Bear? (1983)
- Neat Feet (1983)
- Babysitter Bears (1983)
- Fast Food (1983)
