Henry Winkler is an American author of children’s books, but is best known for his role as The Fonz on Happy Days. He has also produced several TV shows (including MacGyver) and directed films such as Cop and a Half with Burt Reynolds. Since then, Henry has started a children’s book series along with Lin Oliver about Hank Zipzer, a dyslexic fourth grader which appears to loosely be based on himself (also a dyslexic). Henry Winkler became a publised author in 1976 with his memoirs, The Other Side of Henry Winkler. He would become a children’s book author in 2003 with Niagara Falls, Or Does It? Below is a list of Henry Winkler’s books in order of when they were originally released (and in chronological order): Publication Order of Hank Zipzer Books.
Niagara Falls, Or Does It? (2003) I Got a D in Salami (2003) The Day of the Iguana (2003) The Zippity Zinger (2003) The Night I Flunked My Field Trip (2004) Holy Enchilada! Somebody Get Me Out of Fourth Grade!
(2005) Summer School! What Genius Thought That Up? Teaching Middle Years Pendergast Ebooking. (2005) The Secret Life of a Ping-Pong Wizard (2005) My Dog's a Scaredy-Cat (2006) The Curtain Went Up, My Pants Fell Down (2007) Barfing in the Backseat (2007) Who Ordered This Baby?
Definitely Not Me! (2007) The Life of Me (Enter At Your Own Risk) (2008) A Tale of Two Tails (2008) Dump Trucks and Dogsleds (2009) A Brand-New Me!
Winkler has also been writing books: he is the author, with Lin Oliver, of a new series of children's books called Hank Zipzer: The Mostly True Confessions of the World's Best Underachiever, published by the Grosset & Dunlap imprint of Penguin Putnam. The books feature whimsical illustrations by Carol Heyer that evoke.