Author & Illustrator

Brett Helquist

Biography

Brett Helquist’s celebrated art has graced books from the charming Bedtime for Bear, which he also wrote, to the New York Times-bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket to the glorious picture book adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.

Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

Strangeville School Is Definitely Not Cursed

Most Popular Brett Helquist Books

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Sid Fleischman, Brett Helquist

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Brett Helquist

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Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist

chapter • 273 Pages

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Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist

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Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist, Michael Kupperman

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Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist, Michael Kupperman

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All Brett Helquist Books

Year	Title	Author	Illustrator	Pages
2023	Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity		Brett Helquist	288
2022	Strangeville School Is Definitely Not Cursed	Darcy Miller	Brett Helquist	240
2021	Strangeville School Is Totally Normal	Darcy Miller	Brett Helquist	256
2020	The Nutcracker Mice	Kristin Kladstrup	Brett Helquist	336
2019	Nadya Skylung and the Masked Kidnapper	Jeff Seymour	Brett Helquist	336
2019	Martina & Chrissie	Phil Bildner	Brett Helquist	40
2019	Guitar Genius	Kim Tomsic	Brett Helquist	56
2018	Nadya Skylung and the Cloudship Rescue	Jeff Seymour	Brett Helquist	320
2017	Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning Netflix Tie-In	Lemony Snicket	Brett Helquist	192
2016	The Doll People's Christmas	Ann M. Martin, Laura Godwin	Brett Helquist	48
2016	Bear's Big Breakfast	Lynn Rowe Reed	Brett Helquist	32
2015	Groundhog's Day Off	Robb Pearlman	Brett Helquist	40
2015	The League of Seven	Alan Gratz	Brett Helquist	352
2014	The Doll People Set Sail	Laura Godwin, Ann M. Martin	Brett Helquist	277
2013	Grumpy Goat	Brett Helquist	Brett Helquist	40
2011	The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic	Jennifer Trafton	Brett Helquist	352
2011	Guys Read: Thriller	Jon Scieszka	Brett Helquist	288
2011	Bedtime for Bear	Brett Helquist	Brett Helquist	32
2010	The Calder Game	Blue Balliett	Brett Helquist	416
2009	Christmas Carol: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids	Charles Dickens	Brett Helquist	40
2008	Lump of Coal: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids	Lemony Snicket	Brett Helquist	40
2007	End	Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist		324
2007	The Wright 3	Blue Balliett	Brett Helquist	352
2006	The End	Lemony Snicket	Brett HelquistᐧMichael Kupperman	353
2006	The Beatrice Letters	Lemony Snicket	Brett Helquist	72
2005	Chasing Vermeer	Blue Balliett	Brett Helquist	273
2005	The Penultimate Peril	Lemony Snicket	Brett Helquist	353
2004	The Grim Grotto	Lemony Snicket	Brett HelquistᐧMichael Kupperman	323
2003	The Slippery Slope	Lemony Snicket	Brett HelquistᐧMichael Kupperman	337
2002	The Carnivorous Carnival	Lemony Snicket	Brett HelquistᐧMichael Kupperman	286
2002	Milly and the Macy's Parade	Shana Corey	Brett Helquist	40
2002	Howie Monroe and the Doghouse of Doom: Volume 3	James Howe	Brett Helquist	96
2002	Invasion of the Mind Swappers from Asteroid 6!: Volume 2	James Howe	Brett Helquist	96
2001	The Hostile Hospital	Lemony Snicket	Brett HelquistᐧMichael Kupperman	255
2001	The Vile Village	Lemony Snicket	Brett HelquistᐧMichael Kupperman	256
2001	The Ersatz Elevator	Lemony Snicket	Brett HelquistᐧMichael Kupperman	259
2000	The Austere Academy	Lemony Snicket	Brett HelquistᐧMichael Kupperman	221
2000	The Miserable Mill	Lemony Snicket	Brett HelquistᐧMichael Kupperman	194
1999	The Reptile Room	Lemony Snicket	Brett HelquistᐧMichael Kupperman	190
1999	The Bad Beginning	Lemony Snicket	Brett Helquist	162
1988	By the Great Horn Spoon!	Sid Fleischman	Brett Helquist	224