Leslie has loved picture books as far back as she can remember. With a degree in illustration and advertising, she joined SCBWI in 1998 with a plan to llustrate books not write them. Now, the author of Big Chickens ( the Michigan Reads Picturebook for 2007, Great Lakes Great Books Award and a GLBA finalist) and Woolbur (a Book Sense pick for 2008 and nominee for state book awards in 9 states) is finally illustrating one of her own titles. Fair Cow was recently released in 2010 along with Big Chickens Go to Town. "SCBWI" has saved me. I continue to love this organization and want to be part of making it great.
Leslie Helakoski--Books for Laughing, Living and Learning
Member since 1997
Lawton
Yes
Publication Information
Fair Cow
2010, Marshall Cavendish Children's Books (Marshall Cavendish Corporation)