I'll be signing books and reading at Book Court in Brooklyn tomorrow at 11:00 AM.

I know this is very late notice but I hope you can make it.

Here's a link for the details. http://www.bookcourt.org/category/events/

I'll be reading and signing "Bedtime for Bear" in Salt Lake City this weekend at the King's English. Here a link for all the details.

http://www.kingsenglish.com/event/brett-helquist-and-bedtime-bear.

I hope to see some of you there.

Hello everyone, I'll be reading and signing my new picture book "Bedtime for Bear" at the Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn at the end of this month. The details are below. I hope to see you there.

Hello, everyone. I haven't posted anything for a ridiculously long time. I've been trying to meet some difficult deadlines and have been chained to the drawing table for the last several month.

I am now seeing a little light at the end of the tunnel. Here's what I've been working on.

First a great book by a new author, Jennifer Trafton, called "The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic published by Dial.

It was a real pleasure to illustrate.

I have also illustrated new editions of Alvin Schwartz's "Scary Stories to tell in the Dark", published by Harper Collins.

Here are a few images.

Hello everyone,

I apologize for being away for a while. I've been buried trying to finish a new picture book, the second for me as author and illustrator. It's called "Bedtime for Bear". I'm finally finished. The book will be out next year. Here are a couple of the paintings. Happy New Year.

Here's a great new project that I took part in. It's a collection of very short and very scary stories. I worked on a story written by Josh Greenhut, who also did the adaptation for a Christmas Carol. The book is being sold to help First Book, an organization that gives books to children in need. Check out halfminutehorrors.com, you can post your own scary story.

"A CHRISTMAS CAROL"

"A Christmas Carol" is finally here. I'll be signing books at Books of Wonder on November 28.

Maybe I'll see some of you there. Here's some of my favorite art from the book.