Richard Hefter (March 20, 1941 – May 6, 2011) was an American author of books for young children. WorldCat
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Biography

Richard Hefter met children's author Jacquelyn Reinach in 1975. He was contracted at the time to write 26 books for the publishers ''Holt''. After the contract expired, he formed a publishing venture, ''Euphrosyne'', with Reinach. Hefter is known as the creator of ''

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,'' the co-creator (with Reinach) and illustrator for the ''

Sweet Pickles ''Sweet Pickles'' is a series of 40 children's books by Ruth Lerner Perle, Jacquelyn Reinach, and Richard Hefter and published by Holt, Rinehart & Winston, which have sold over 50 million copies. The books are set in the fictional town of Sweet ...

'' library of books, and the writer and illustrator for the Strawberry Library of First Learning. The ''Sweet Pickles'' series went on to sell 40 million copies. Hefter described his aim as "trying to help children understand things like shyness, laziness and embarrassment in a humorous way." In 1982, Hefter formed a computer software company called ''Optimum Resource''. He died in 2011 in

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Works

The Strawberry Library of First Learning is a series of books written and illustrated by Hefter. Hefter is known as the creator of

and as the illustrator for the

library of books. All of the books in the Strawberry Library have a strawberry depicted somewhere on the cover. Many of the books in this series star Stickybear or other

anthropomorphic Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology. Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics to ...

animals. All were originally published by

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, and ''Optimum Resource''. # ''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)

Other software

* ''Fat City'' (1983), a first-person

action game An action game is a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand–eye coordination and reaction time. The genre includes a large variety of sub-genres, such as fighting games, beat 'em ups, shooter games, rhythm games and ...

by Hefter and Steve Worthington where the player controls a wrecking ball and needs to destroy a number of buildings within a time limit. * '' Old Ironsides'' (1983), a

naval combat Naval warfare is combat in and on the sea, the ocean, or any other battlespace involving a major body of water such as a large lake or wide river. The armed forces branch designated for naval warfare is a navy. Naval operations can be broadly d ...

game by Hefter and Jack Rice. * ''

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'' (1983), a

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co-written by Hefter and Janie and Steve Worthington.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hefter, Richard American children's writers American children's book illustrators 1941 births 2011 deaths