Helen Holder
helen sadly passed away on April 5, 2026. for now, her books can be ordered through Sweet Reads Books in Austin, MN.
please click on her name above & that will open the bookstore’s website.
Baking with Grandpa
June 2024
Children’s Book for ages 3 to 7 years
SOFTCOVER @ $13.95
HARDCOVER @ $19.95
The Gnome’s Garden
June 2023
Children’s Book for ages 4 to 8 years
SOFTCOVER @ $14.95
HARDCOVER @ $21.95
What Goes Up Must Come Down
3/26/22
Children’s Book for ages 4 to 8 years
SOFTCOVER @ $14.95
HARDCOVER @ $20.95
Terrific Tongues - 12/30/20
Children’s Book for ages 4 to 8 years
SOFTCOVER @ $13.95
HARDCOVER @ $19.95
I Painted a Magenta Flamingo - 9/15/2020
Children’s Book for ages 4 to 8 years
SOFTCOVER @ $12.95
HARDCOVER @ $18.95
David’s Pretzels - 6/24/2020
Children’s Book for ages 4 to 8 years
SOFTCOVER @ $12.95
HARDCOVER @ $18.95
Photo credit: Elaine Photography - Austin, MN
Helen Holder - Author
My childhood ambition was to be a teacher, an author and an artist. I spent 34 years in the first grade (33 of them as a teacher.) Since retiring from teaching, I write children’s stories and record the doings of the Ladies Floral Club and Friends of the Creche as the secretary for each group. I also do a little illustrating.
Other activities include origami, book making, crocheting, traveling to visit 11 grandchildren and collecting nativity scenes. During the Christmas season, more than 900 nativity scenes take over the house and we become a tourist destination.
I live in Austin, MN with my husband Bill and a few very hardy plants.
BOOKS
David’s Pretzels (ages 4 to 8 years)
ISBN: 978-1-952567-96-4 hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-952567-91-9 softcover
An Unusual Tale (ages 4 to 8 years)
ISBN: 978-1-952567-96-4 hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-952567-06-3 softcover
I Painted A Magenta Flamingo (ages 4 to 8 years)
ISBN: 978-1-952567-94-0 hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-952567-07-0 softcover
Glorious Gertie’s Fabulous Fireworks (ages 4 to 8 years)
ISBN: 978-1-952567-95-7 hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-952567-08-7 softcover
Sleepover with Grandma (ages 4 to 8 years)
ISBN: 978-1-952567-99-5 hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-952567-25-4 softcover
Terrific Tongues (ages 4 to 8 years)
ISBN: 978-1-952567-26-1 hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-952567-09-4 softcover
What Goes Up Must Come Down (ages 4 to 8 years)
ISBN: 978-1-955743-23-5 hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-955743-24-2 softcover
Another Unusual Tale (ages 4 to 8 years)
ISBN: 978-1-955743-25-9 hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-955743-26-6 softcover
The Gnome’s Garden (ages 4 to 8 years)
ISBN: 978-1-955743-38-9 hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-955743-39-6 softcover
The Crinkle Crankle Wall (ages 4 to 8 years)
ISBN: 978-1-955743-74-7 hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-955743-75-4 softcover
Baking with Grandpa (ages 4 to 8 years)
ISBN: 978-1-7337717-8-8 hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-7337717-9-5 softcover
“Helen's books are creative, imaginative, colorful, and inspire readers to think outside the box. Highly recommend.”
Barb P.
Minneapolis, MN
Interview between podcast host Trevor J. Brown & Fox Pointe Publishing LLP author, Helen Holder. Click on the picture to listen.
Where Women Talk Episode 39: Children's Author, Helen Holder
Previous Engagements:
Country Faire & Writer's Festival (MN)
Quaint & Quirky Gifts (MN)
Mankato MakerSpace (MN)
Deep Valley Book Festival (MN)
Sweet Reads Books (MN)
Author Porch Talk with Sweet Reads Books in Austin, MN
The Crinkle Crankle Wall
September 2023
Children’s Book for ages 4 to 8 years
SOFTCOVER @ $13.95
HARDCOVER @ $19.95
Sleepover with Grandma - 12/15/2020
Children’s Book for ages 4 to 8 years
SOFTCOVER @ $12.95
HARDCOVER @ $18.95
An Unusual Tale - 8/27/2020
Children’s Book for ages 4 to 8 years
SOFTCOVER @ $15.95
HARDCOVER @ $21.95
Another Unusual Tale
November 2022
Children’s Book for ages 4 to 8 years
SOFTCOVER @ $17.95
HARDCOVER @ $24.95
Glorious Gertie’s Fabulous Fireworks
9/15/2020
Children’s Book for ages 4 to 8 years
SOFTCOVER @ $13.95
HARDCOVER @ $19.95
Interview with Picture Book Author Helen Holder - March 2022 Feature - Part 1 of 3
