The Strawberry Library of First Learning is a series of books written and illustrated by Richard Hefter. Mr. Hefter is best known as the creator of Stickybear

Stickybear

Stickybear is a fictional character created by Richard Hefter and an edutainment series starring the character headed by Optimum Resource, Inc. The character was a mascot of Weekly Reader Software, a division of Xerox Education Publications....

 and as the illustrator for the Sweet Pickles

Sweet Pickles

Sweet Pickles is a series of 40 children's books by Ruth Lerner Perle, Jacquelyn Reinach, and Richard Hefter and published by Holt, Rinehart & Winston, having sold over 50 million copies. The books are set in the fictional town of Sweet Pickles and are about anthropomorphic animals with different...

 library of books. All of the books in the Strawberry Library have a strawberry depicted somewhere on the cover. Many of the books in this series star Stickybear or other anthropomorphic animals.

Strawberry Library of First Learning series of books

All by Richard Hefter unless otherwise noted. All were originally published by McGraw-Hill

McGraw-Hill

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, Grosset & Dunlap

Grosset & Dunlap

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, and Optimum Resources.

1. One Bear, Two Bears: The Strawberry Number Book ISBN 0-8374-0951-9
2. A Noise in the Closet ISBN 0-07-027802-4
3. The Strawberry Book of Colors ISBN 0-07-027826-1
4. The Strawberry Book of Shapes ISBN 0-88470-021-6
5. Some, More, Most (Written By Judy Freudberg
   Judy Freudberg
   Judy Freudberg has been writing for Sesame Street since 1975. One of the creators and developers of Elmo's World, she now serves as head writer for that popular segment....
   
    and Illustrated by Richard Hefter) ISBN 0-88470-023-2
6. Yes and No: A Book of Opposites ISBN 0-07-027809-1
7. The Strawberry Mother Goose (Written by Lawrence Di Fiori and Illustrated by Richard Hefter) ISBN 0-07-027819-9
8. Noses and Toes: An Up and Down and in and Out Book ISBN 0-88470-006-2
9. An Animal Alphabet ISBN 0-88470-003-8
10. One White Crocodile Smile: A Number Book ISBN 0-448-14404-2
11. Things that Go ISBN 0-448-46809-3
12. The Strawberry Look Book ISBN 0-07-027824-5
13. The Strawberry Word Book ISBN 0-88470-001-1
14. Strawberry Picture Dictionary ISBN 0-07-027806-7
15. Bears at Work ISBN 0-911787-00-3
16. Stickybear Book of Weather ISBN 0-911787-01-1
17. Jobs for Bears ISBN 0-911787-02-X
18. Watch Out! The Stickybear Book of Safety ISBN 0-911787-03-8
19. Lots of Little Bears: A Stickbear Counting Book ISBN 0-911787-04-6
20. Bears Away From Home ISBN 0-911787-05-4
21. Where is the Bear? ISBN 0-911787-06-2
22. Neat Feet ISBN 0-911787-07-0
23. Babysitter Bears ISBN 0-911787-08-9
24. Fast Food ISBN 0-911787-09-7

External links

• 1976 Strawberry Library advertisement from Parents' Magazine