Author of the Month: Helen Lester

Helen Lester and Lynn Munsinger have collaborated on many very funny and popular books for children, including four previous stories starring Tacky. They are also the duo who created Hooway for Wodney Wat, Score One for the Sloths, and many other hillarious titles. Lester is a full-time writer who makes her home in Pawling, New York.



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A Porcupine Named Fluffy - children's paperback
By Helen Lester - $7.95 - add to cart

Should Mr. and Mrs. Porcupine name their baby Lance? Needleroozer? Quillian? Perhaps they should, but they don't. Instead they decide on the unlikely name of Fluffy. Fluffy's name is a source of so...

 

Batter Up Wombat - children's paperback
By Helen Lester - $7.95 - add to cart

The new kid in town is a wombat from Down Under. He's having a tough time fitting in, so he tries to join the baseball team. They're excited to see a "Wham-bat" hit, but baseball seems to him like ...

 

Hooway for Wodney Wat - children's paperback
By Helen Lester - $6.95 - add to cart

Poor Rodney Rat can't pronounce his R's and the other rodents tease him mercilessly. But when Camilla Capybara joins Rodney's class and announces that she is bigger, meaner, and smarter than any of...

 

Hurty Feelings - children's paperback
By Helen Lester - $7.95 - add to cart

Fragility was a solid piece of work. But despite her sturdy exterior, Fragility was fragile. Anything and everything hurt her feelings. In the most benign compliment, Fragility heard an insult. No ...

 

It Wasn't My Fault - children's paperback
By Helen Lester - $7.95 - add to cart

When accidents happen to Murdley Gurdson, they are usually his own fault, but when a bird lays an egg on Murdley's head one day, he tries hard to find someone else to blame.

 

Listen Buddy - children's paperback
By Helen Lester - $7.95 - add to cart

A hilarious romp about a bunny who just can't seem to listen. He is constantly confusing instructions. For example, when his parents ask for a slice of bread, he saws off a piece of his bed. But ev...

 

Me First - children's paperback
By Helen Lester - $7.95 - add to cart

Pinkerton Pig always has to be first -- first to eat, first off the bus -- until, running to be first for a sandwich, he finds himself in trouble with the Sand Witch.

 

Score One for the Sloths - children's paperback
By Helen Lester - $6.95 - add to cart

The sloths at Sleepy Valley Sloth School were content in their slothfulness. Once in a while the teacher would awake and command them all to yawn or snore, but most of the time, the class just slep...

 

Tacky and the Emperor - children's paperback
By Helen Lester - $7.95 - add to cart

It's common knowledge that Tacky was never the best-dressed penguin, but when he and his friends prepare for the arrival of the emperor, Tacky gets carried away and ends up in more than just elegan...

 

Tacky and the Winter Games - children's paperback
By Helen Lester - $7.95 - add to cart

"A-huff-and-a-puff-and-a-huff-and-a-puff-and-a-huff-and-a-puff" "WHAT'S HAPPENING?" Tacky the penguin wants to know. The Winter Games, that's what's happening. And Tacky and his fellow penguins Goo...

 

Tacky in Trouble - children's paperback
By Helen Lester - $7.95 - add to cart

Tacky the Penguin goes windsurfing and ends up on a tropical island, captive to an elephant who, upon seeing Tacky"s floral Hawaiian shirt, mistakes him for a bouquet of flowers. The elephant think...

 

Tacky the Penguin - children's paperback
By Helen Lester - $7.95 - add to cart

Tacky's perfect friends find him annoying until his odd behavior saves the day.

 

Tackylocks and the Three Bears - children's paperback
By Helen Lester - $7.99 - add to cart

ow do you keep a crowd of energetic young penguins entertained? Put on a play, perhaps? But will they pay attention through an entire performance? If Tacky"s center stage, they might. Even in his f...

 

Three Cheers For Tacky - children's paperback
By Helen Lester - $7.95 - add to cart

Tacky the Penguin is back, this time trying to compete with Goodly, Lovely, Angel, Neatly, and Perfect in the iceberg-wide Penguin Cheering Contest. But will Tacky ever be able to learn the synchro...