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Richard Hefter

Personal Information

Born January 1, 1941
Died January 1, 2011 (70 years old)
Also known as: Hefter, R. Hefter
50 books
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67 readers

Description

Richard Hefter is an author, illustrator, publisher and graphic designer. He has created more than 200 books for children with 50 million in print. His "Sweet Pickles" characters have had two major book clubs, 60 titles and licensed sales of $200 million. Now out of print, but working on a republishing program, you can visit them at www.sweetpickles.com. Mr. Hefter has won awards for graphic and type design and his paintings are in the collections of major museums. He holds degrees in Fine Arts from Pratt Institute and was a Fulbright Fellow. Since 1980, Richard Hefter has been president of Optimum Resource, Inc., a leader in the design and development of educational software. The company produces award-winning computer programs used by thousands of teachers and millions of children in schools and homes on Macintosh and Windows platforms. In addition, Optimum Resource has recently released the first in a series of iPhone Apps featuring Stickybear. You can learn more by visiting www.stickybear.com. Hefter's Strawberry Books have been published in eleven languages worldwide and his Shufflebook series, published for The Museum of Modern Art, New York were innovative in concept. Mr. Hefter lives and works in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Source: Amazon profile

Books

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Strawberry Look Book

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Labeled pictures identify objects in such settings as a toy store, supermarket, furniture store, bakery, clothing store, garage, and home.

One Bear, Two Bears

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Zany bears count the numbers from 1 to 10.

Strawberry Book of Colors

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The three best painters at the Acme Painting Company can mix almost any color they want with blue, red, and yellow.

An animal alphabet

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Presents the absurd antics of an animal for each letter of the alphabet, such as "an ape in an airplane isn't about to ask anybody about anything."

The strawberry word book

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The components of such scenes as a circus, street, bedroom, and beach are labeled with their names.

One white crocodile smile

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Various numbers of articles introduce the numbers from one to ten, beginning with one white crocodile smile and ending with ten blue policemen named Ben.

The strawberry picture dictionary

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Alphabetically arranged words are defined by a picture and often, but not always, by their use in a sentence.

A noise in the closet

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A little boy discovers a circus in his closet in which he is invited to participate.

Weekly Reader Books presents Stork spills the beans

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Stork sets the residents of Sweet Pickle straight about what he does and doesn't deliver.

Moody Moose buttons

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Nobody knows what mood Moose will be in next, until Zebra dreams up a special present.

Jobs for bears

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Shows bears engaged in a variety of occupations.

The Stickybear book of weather

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Describes a variety of activities in different weather situations.

Lion is down in the dumps

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Lion figures out a scheme to have his roller skates and lend them, too.

No kicks for Dog

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Dog's self-esteem is so low that he doubts he can do anything well.

Yakety yak yak yak

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Yak drives everybody crazy with his incessant talking, until he drives his taxi right into a big hole.

Everything: an alphabet, number, reading, counting, and color identification book

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Introduces the letters of the alphabet, colors, and the numbers one to twenty-six.

The strawberry book of shapes

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Text and pictures illustrate the shape of rectangles, triangles, circles, and squares.

The great big alphabet picture book with lots of words

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Pictures of various objects introduce the letters of the alphabet.

Weekly Reader Books presents Quick Lunch Munch

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Kidding Kangaroo, the waiter, is so busy telling jokes and playing tricks on the diners that no one gets served at the Quick Lunch Munch Restaurant.