Helen Cooper
@helencooperbooks.bsky.social
Author and illustrator of ‘Pumpkin Soup’ trilogy. ‘The Bear Under the Stairs’ The Taming of the Cat’ and many others - mainly Children’s books. Northerner living in Oxford.
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I really saw this hippo. It was in the Harvard Natural History Museum. They moved it. Does anyone else remember seeing it here? Maybe it got there itself. I was sure it was magic so I wrote a book about it. ‘The Hippo at the End of the Hall’ a while ago now. #art.sky #hippo #book.sky
December 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Here’s another moving tiny animation thingy I made. (No AI.) This one is about waiting… because I am waiting for something endlessly …it feels this year… hence the digital fiddling. Can you guess which painting this was inspired by? #art #bsky.animation #catart #homemade
November 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Here’s another moving tiny animation thingy I made. (No AI.) This one is about waiting… because I am waiting for something endlessly …it feels this year… hence the digital fiddling. Can you guess which painting this was inspired by? #art #bsky.animation #catart #homemade
Here’s my witch out of her bottle in the Gee Museum and on the rampage. (Otherwise known as me messing around with digital art in a low tec way but at least you can tell it isn’t slick enough to be AI) #art #bookart #movingpictures witch first seen in ‘The Hippo at the End of the Hall’.
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Here’s my witch out of her bottle in the Gee Museum and on the rampage. (Otherwise known as me messing around with digital art in a low tec way but at least you can tell it isn’t slick enough to be AI) #art #bookart #movingpictures witch first seen in ‘The Hippo at the End of the Hall’.
I was on the judging panel for #TheRoyalSociety Young People’s Book Prize. It was a great pleasure to be involved. Here’s the wonderful shortlisted books which are announced today. Now they go out to at least 600 schools and the kids pick the winner.To be announced in Spring 2026.
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I was on the judging panel for #TheRoyalSociety Young People’s Book Prize. It was a great pleasure to be involved. Here’s the wonderful shortlisted books which are announced today. Now they go out to at least 600 schools and the kids pick the winner.To be announced in Spring 2026.
‘The Taming of the Cat’ is out in paperback now. It has copious black and white illustrations and stars a mouse called Brie who has to tell a story to keep a murderous cat occupied. If the cat grows restive so Brie has to think if some fast action! #art #bookillustration #birds #raven #book.sky
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
‘The Taming of the Cat’ is out in paperback now. It has copious black and white illustrations and stars a mouse called Brie who has to tell a story to keep a murderous cat occupied. If the cat grows restive so Brie has to think if some fast action! #art #bookillustration #birds #raven #book.sky
November 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Well it’s #NationalPumpkinDay so here’s something from my book ‘Pumpkin Soup’. #booksky #book.sky #art
October 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Well it’s #NationalPumpkinDay so here’s something from my book ‘Pumpkin Soup’. #booksky #book.sky #art
It’s apparently #internationalartistday . Here’s one of mine from ‘A Pipkin of Pepper’. The duck is lost and in a panic. #Book.sky #art.sky
October 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It’s apparently #internationalartistday . Here’s one of mine from ‘A Pipkin of Pepper’. The duck is lost and in a panic. #Book.sky #art.sky
‘The Taming of the Cat’ just came out in paperback. It has 20 chapters and copious illustrations - so not my usual fare, but children and reviews have liked it. It’s a fairytale with cats,mice and a lot of cheese.
October 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
‘The Taming of the Cat’ just came out in paperback. It has 20 chapters and copious illustrations - so not my usual fare, but children and reviews have liked it. It’s a fairytale with cats,mice and a lot of cheese.
The Taming of the Cat is published today in paperback. If you like your fairytales highly illustrated with cats and cheese and adventure you might like this.
October 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Taming of the Cat is published today in paperback. If you like your fairytales highly illustrated with cats and cheese and adventure you might like this.
Some nasturtium I rescued in between the rain showers.
October 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Some nasturtium I rescued in between the rain showers.
I mean obviously in my case.
October 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I mean obviously in my case.
My walk was full of golden leaves today. Time to post this from 'Pumpkin Soup'. it was inspired by the leaves, and small cabins in the woods of New England.
October 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
My walk was full of golden leaves today. Time to post this from 'Pumpkin Soup'. it was inspired by the leaves, and small cabins in the woods of New England.
I am very thrilled and honoured to be invited to be on the judging panel for the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize. I’ll post more about it periodically as we want everyone to know about these special books. Hundreds of children will be involved too - very exciting.
October 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I am very thrilled and honoured to be invited to be on the judging panel for the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize. I’ll post more about it periodically as we want everyone to know about these special books. Hundreds of children will be involved too - very exciting.
The Taming of the Cat is out in paperback on the 23rd of October and it has a lot of cheese in it!
October 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The Taming of the Cat is out in paperback on the 23rd of October and it has a lot of cheese in it!
And just like that I’m a grandmother. Well Autumn always was my favourite season. ( selfie by my daughter @pandoradewan.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
And just like that I’m a grandmother. Well Autumn always was my favourite season. ( selfie by my daughter @pandoradewan.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM