Joseph Helgerson
scribbler

The Three-Berry Academy
A one-room schoolhouse for gifted river trolls.

Horns & Wrinkles
“All the hallmarks of a classic…” –San Diego Union-Tribune

Crows & Cards
“Hilarious, touching, and grounded in the tall-tale tradition.” -Smithsonian

The Lost Galumpus
“The whole book is a hoot.” –Booklist

Deluxe river lodging
Illustration: Lauren Mortimer

The river's our lawn. The catfish our neighbors.
Photo: Eric Altenberg

Advice from a cardsharp
Illustration: Peter Deséve

1,317 miles to the Gulf of Mexico.
Photo: Eric Altenberg

The weatherman's house.

What's the hurry?
Illustration: Udayana Lugo

One wish.
Illustration: Nicoletta Ceccoli

Big Mouth Slough

The local gossip.
Illustration: Peter Deséve

May the circle be unbroken.
Illustration: Nicoletta Ceccoli

We brake for our neighbors.

Pull up a chair.

The kind of place that shines up good in the moonlight.
Photo: Eric Altenberg

Jim Dandy, Biz, and Stump
Illustration: Nicoletta Ceccoli

Joseph Helgerson
Picked up a pen at the age of three. That’s when the trouble started.

“Beets? One row over.”
Illustration by Lauren Mortimer