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Helaine Becker

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Helaine
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Becker
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Ontario
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Helaine Becker's Books
 

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Helaine Becker is the bestselling author of more than 90 books for children and young adults including Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13, Pirate Queen, Sloth at the Zoom and You Can Read. A Porcupine in a Pine Tree was the #1 Canadian National Bestseller and received the Libris Picture Book of the Year Award from the C.B.A; the sequels, Deck the Halls and Dashing through the Snow, were also National Bestsellers. She’s a multi-time winner of Silver Birch Awards. Her 3 most recent nonfiction titles were Junior Library Guild Selections.

Helaine also writes for children’s television and is in high demand as a performer at schools across North America. She has been selected four times for the Canadian Children’s Book Week Cross Country tour, travelling to Quebec, Yukon, Nunavut and Manitoba to present to school children. She has been a featured speaker at the Tucson Book Festival, Vancouver Writers Festival, Blue Met Festival (Montreal), Frye Festival in New Brunswick (twice), Aloud International Children’s Festival in Ontario, Weaving Words Conference in Alberta, Literacy for Life Conference in Saskatchewan, the Red Cedar Awards in British Columbia. She also speaks to other writers about the business of writing and was the Keynote Speaker for SCBWI's Canada East conference in 2016 and San Diegos'. SCBWI chapter speaker in 2019.

A New York native, she has lived happily in Toronto for more than 20 years. She is also a member of TWUC, the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, the Canadian Science Writers Association and SCBWI. She is married with two sons and has the cutest dog in the world, Ella. She is also a runner, a loud laugher, and a certified KABOOM!!!! pyrotechnician.

Helaine volunteers regularly for literacy causes and is actively involved in presentations and projects in association with the CNIB, ABC Literacy Canada, First Book Canada, and Librarians without Borders. You can follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/helainebecker.
Available For
School presentations, small or large group
Writing workshops
Professional Development Days - for teachers
Publications
Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Path to Kindness (2023)
So Long, Stress! (2023)
The Fossil Whisperer (2022)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (2022)
An Equal Shot (2021)
That's No Dino (2021)
So Long Stress (2022) Emmy Noether: The Most Important Mathematician You Never Heard of (2020)
Alice and Gert: An Ant and Grasshopper Story (2020)
Pirate Queen: A Story of Zheng Yi Sao (2020)
Megabugs! And Other Prehistoric Critters That Roamed the Planet
(2019)
Alice and Gert (2020)
You Got This! (2019)
Canadian Kids' Guide to Outdoor Fun (2019)
Merry Quizmas! (2018)
Counting on Katherine (2018)
Sloth at the Zoom (2018)
Hubots (2018)
Stress Less (2018)
The Quiz Book about Me...and You (2018)
You Can Read (2017)
Lines Bars and Circles: How William Playfair Invented Graphs (2017)
Deck the Halls: A Canadian Christmas Carol (2016)
Do Beavers Eat Poutine? (2017)
Our Great Prime Ministers (2017)
Worms for Breakfast (2016)
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (2016)
Would You Survive?(2016)
The Quiz Book about Me - and You!(2017)
Monster Science (2016)
Don't Stress! (2016)
Top Secret: Uncover Your Inner Spy (2016)
Would You Survive? (2015)
The Quiz Book about Me...and You! (2015)
Everything: Space (2015)
Zoobots (2014)
Gottika (2014)
Dashing through the Snow (2014)
Dirk Daring,Secret Agent (2014)
Do You Dare? (2014)
Quiz Book for BFFs 2 (2014)
Ode to Underwear (2013)
The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea (2012)
How to Survive Absolutely Anything (2012)
AlphaBest (2012)
Live from the Corner, Litle Jack Horner (2012)
The Quiz Book for Spies (2012)
The Quiz Book for BFFs (2012)
Juba This, Juba That (2011)
Trouble in the Hills (2011)
The Quiz Book for Girls (2011)
Magic up Your Sleeve (2010)
What’s the Big Idea? (2009)
The Insecto-files (2009)
Science on the Loose (2008) 64 pp.
Mother Goose Unplucked (2007) 160 pp.
Secret Agent Y.O.U. (2006) 64 pp.
Read with Chirp (2006) 24 pp.
Like A Pro (2006) 160 pp.
Funny Business (2005) 160 pp.
Are You Psychic? (2005) 64.pp.
Boredom Blasters (2004) 160 pp.
A Porcupine in a Pine Tree (2010)
The Haunted House that Jack Built (2010)
The Hilarious History of Hockey (2010)
The Quiz Book for Boys (2010)
Looney Bay All-Stars Fiction Series
Alphabest (2012)
Mama Likes to Mambo: A Collection of Verse (2001)32 pp.
John Brown: A Biography (2001) 104 pp.
Frederick Douglass: A Biography (2001) 104pp.
Reading Rods Reader – Superdude (16 pp.)

Reading Rods Reader – Twirly Girl (16 pp.)

Reading Rods Reader – Ben’s Tent? (16 pp.)

Reading Rods Reader – Peanut-Free!(16pp.)

Reading Rods Reader – Sheep Dee (16 pp.)

Reading Rods Reader – Lost &Found(16pp.)

Reading Rods Reader – Socks (16 pp.)

Reading Rods Reader – Rosa’s Cold(16 pp.)
Flip Over Math: Addition and Subtraction
Flip Over Math: Story Problems
Flip Over Math – Multiplication & Division
Decoding Math Vol 1. (2005)
Decoding Math Vol 2. (2005)
Decoding Math Vol. 3 (2005)
Graphing K-4 (2006)
Performances and Exhibitions
SCBWI San Diego Intensive workshop on nonfiction
California School Librarians Association conference
World Science Festival - NY
Ontario Science Centre
SCBWI Canada East Keynote
Tucson Book Festival
Vancouver Writers Festival
Blue Met Festival (Montreal)
Frye Festival (NB)(twice)
Aloud International Children’s Festival (Toronto)
Weaving Words Conference (AB) Literacy for Life Conference (SK)
Red Cedar Awards (BC)
Orange County Children’s Book Festival (Calif)
Women’s Writers’ Festival (Calif)
Packaging Your Imagination (Toronto)
Awards
A few! Including Cook Prize shortlist, Amelia Bloomer List, NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books, 3 JLG selections, 4 Silver Birch, 2 Lane Anderson, 1 Picture Book of the Year,#1 National Bestseller.
Other Memberships
Writers Union of Canada
Canadian Children's Book Centre
SCBWI
Canadian Science Writers Assocation

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