Henry Heckelbeck and the Not-So-Dark Day
By (Author) Wanda Coven
Illustrated by Priscilla Burris
18
Simon & Schuster
Little Simon
16th September 2025
United States
Children
Fiction
Educational: First / native language: Readers and reading schemes
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Fantasy
Picture storybooks: imagination and play
FIC
Paperback
128
Width 140mm, Height 186mm, Spine 8mm
In this eighteenth Henry Heckelbeck adventure, Henrys town is in a blackout!
Theres a blackout in Brewster, which means that school is canceled! Henry Heckelbeck plays flashlight limbo with his friends, makes shadow puppets, and eats up all the ice cream in the freezer before it melts. Henry is having such a great day, he starts to wish that the lights never come back on!
With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Henry Heckelbeck chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.
Wanda Coven has always loved magic. When she was little, she used to make secret potions from smooshed shells and acorns. Then she would pretend to transport herself and her friends to enchanted places. Now she visits other worlds through writing. Wanda lives with her husband and son in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They have three cats: Hilda, Agnes, and Claw-dia.
Priscilla Burris is the illustrator and author-illustrator of many books for children. She attributes her love of childrens books and library visits to the East Los Angeles Library. Priscilla loves her role of creating characters and stories for readers everywhere. She lives in sunny Arizona, where she finds the sunrises and sunsets awe-inspiring.