Leslie Helakoski

Leslie Helakoski divides her time between south Louisiana and northern Michigan. Always a fan of picture books, she worked in a Montessori school where she fell in love with the power of teaching with story. She is now the author of 11 picture books including Hoot & Honk, which she also illustrated and Ready or Not, Woolbur Goes to School. Earlier books are Big Chickens (a Michigan Reads Picturebook, a Great Lakes Great Books Award winner and a GLBA finalist) Big Pigs, Doggone Feet! and Woolbur (a Book Sense pick, Florida Reading Assoc. Honor Book and nominee for state book awards in 11 states) Newest title, Are Your Stars Like My Stars? released in January, 2020. Access the activity guide for Stars that includes geography, art, language and more at helakoskibooks.com. See book trailers for her books, Fair Cow and Big Chickens at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RStUVypk4gQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Ok7haxPWw&feature=related