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Helen Cresswell

UK  (1934 - 2005)
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About Helen Cresswell
Helen started writing at the tender age of six years old! At that time her primary interest was in poetry. Now she is an author of wonderful stories, such as The Bongleweed and The Piemakers.

Helen has also written many television scripts, including Five Children and It, The Demon Headmaster and Lizzie Dripping.

Wednesday September 28, 2005: Helen Cresswell has died of cancer at her home in Eakring, Nottinghamshire, at the age of 71.

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Novels
Sonya-by-the-shore (1960)
The White Sea Horse (1964)
Pietro and the Mule (1965)
Where the Wind Blows (1966)
A day on Big O (1967)
The Piemakers (1967)
A Tide for the Captain (1967)
The Signposters (1968)
Barge Children (1968)
Rug is a Bear (1968)
Rug Plays Tricks (1968)
The Sea Piper (1968)
The Night Watchmen (1969)
House for Jones (1969)
Rug and a Picnic (1969)
Rug Plays Ball (1969)
John's First Fish (1970)
The Outlanders (1970)
Rainbow Pavement (1970)
The Wilkses (1970)
At the Stroke of Midnight (1971)
Bird Fancier (1971)
Weather Cat (1971)
Up the Pier (1971)
Arc-en-ciel (1972)
Jeunes Corsairs (1972)
Jane's Policeman (1972)
Blue Birds Over Pit Row (1972)
Roof Fall (1972)
The Beachcombers (1972)
Long Day (1972)
Short Back and Sides (1972)
Bower Birds (1973)
The Bongleweed (1973)
The Key (1973)
The Trap (1973)
The Beetle Hunt (1973)
Cheap Day Return (1974)
Shady Deal (1974)
Butterfly Chase (1975)
The Winter of the Birds (1975)
A Game of Catch (1975)
Donkey Days (1977)
Awful Jack (1977)
My Aunt Polly (1979)
The Flyaway Kite (1979)
Nearly Goodbye (1980)
Penny for the Guy (1980)
My Aunt Polly by the Sea (1980)
Kingdom of Riches (1981)
Dear Shrink (1982)
Ellie and the Hagwitch (1984)
Greedy Alice (1986)
Whodunnit? (1986)
Moondial (1987)
Time Out (1987)
Dragon Ride (1987)
Trouble (1987)
The Story of Grace Darling (1988)
Hokey Pokey Did It (1989)
Rosie and the Boredom Eater (1989)
Almost Goodbye, Guzzler (1990)
Meet Posy Bates (1990)
The Secret World of Polly Flint (1991)
The Return of the Psammead (1992)
The Watchers (1993)
Polly Thumb (1994)
Little Sea Horse (1995)
Birdspell (1995)
Stonestruck (1995)
Mister Maggs (1996)
Bag of Bones (1997)
The Little Sea Pony (1997)
Sophie and the Sea Wolf (1997)
The Phoenix and the Carpet (1997)
Garlunk (1998)
The Little Grey Donkey (1998)
Snatchers (1998)
Rumpelstiltskin (2004)
The White Sea HorsePietro and the MuleWhere the Wind BlowsA day on Big O
The PiemakersA Tide for the CaptainThe SignpostersThe Sea Piper
The Night WatchmenThe OutlandersThe WilksesBird Fancier
Weather CatUp the PierBlue Birds Over Pit RowThe Beachcombers
The BongleweedThe Winter of the BirdsA Game of CatchAwful Jack
Ellie and the HagwitchWhodunnit?MoondialTime Out
Dragon RideThe Story of Grace DarlingAlmost Goodbye, GuzzlerMeet Posy Bates
The Secret World of Polly FlintThe Return of the PsammeadThe WatchersPolly Thumb
Little Sea HorseBirdspellStonestruckMister Maggs
Bag of BonesThe Little Sea PonySophie and the Sea WolfThe Phoenix and the Carpet
The Little Grey DonkeySnatchersRumpelstiltskin
 
Collections
 
Anthologies edited
The Puffin Book of Funny StoriesClassic Fairy TalesBest Stories for Six Year OldsMystery Stories
Collins Treasury of Fairy Tales
 
Anthologies containing stories by Helen Cresswell
Hidden TurningsSupernatural Stories
 
Short stories
A Kind of Swan Song (1984)
The Sky Sea (1989)



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