Click to find out more about "Are You Psychic?"
This photo was taken when Marley and I won the owner-dog look-alike contest!
Meet Award-Winning Author
This exciting and hilarious chapter book series from Scholastic will have you in stitches!
Photo credits: Heather Rivlin, Karl Szasz
Illustrations:Claudia Davila, John Beder
2007-2008
Shortlisted for the Red Cedar
Book Award 
Click to find out more about "Funny Business!"
Winner of the
2006 Silver Birch Award!


Nominee, Foreword  Magazine's 2006 Book of the Year!

The Looney Bay All-Stars Series
Canadian Bestsellers!
Over 145,000 copies sold!
Winner of the
2008 Silver Birch
Award & 2009
Red Cedar Award!



2009 GOLD
Award Winner
National Association of Parenting Publications (NAPPA)!
"Hi! I'm Marley. My owner Helaine and I would like to show you around our site. It's full of fun and adventure - a lot like the books she writes. C'mon in and join the fun!
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find out all about it."
Helaine Becker
Marley appears in many of my books. Here she is from Boredom Blasters, drinking my favorite beverage, Java!
Shortlisted for both the 2009 Hackmatack and
Rocky Mountain Awards!
2007-2008
Shortlisted for the Red Cedar
Book Award
Our Choice Award Winner!
Test your mettle and learn how to out-Bond Bond!
NEW!
COMING THIS FALL!

What's the Big Idea? focuses on those inventions that help fulfill people's six basic needs: food, sleep, security, shelter, companionship, and good health. Main spreads feature a specific invention such as the wheel and axle, paper, bicycles, or the Internet. Each one starts with a "What’s the Big Idea?" box that explains the problem the inventors were trying to solve. It answers the pertinent questions: Why this invention and why now? "Fast Facts" and "Big Ideas" sidebars give young readers quick blasts of information reference-style. Twelve special spreads scattered throughout the book highlight either a famous inventor or a specific theme. The "Inventor Biography" spreads profile inventors such as da Vinci, Galileo, and Thomas Edison, and summarize their main inventions. Comic strips deliver an added snippet of information and a humorous punch. Helaine Becker's witty, inventive text and Steve Attoe's wonderfully whimsical art make this a book children can enjoy while they learn.


Check out this cute video, taken by Grade 5 students, in which I talk about the joy of collaborating with others when producing books!>>>>>>