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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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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Series
Winklesea
1. A Gift from Winklesea (1969)
2. Whatever Happened in Winklesea? (1989)
3. Mystery at Winklesea (1995)
1. A Gift from Winklesea (1969)
2. Whatever Happened in Winklesea? (1989)
3. Mystery at Winklesea (1995)
Lizzie Dripping
1. Lizzie Dripping (1973)
2. Lizzie Dripping by the Sea (1974)
3. Lizzie Dripping and the Little Angel (1974)
4. Lizzie Dripping and the Witch (1991)
Lizzie Dripping Again (1974)
Lizzie Dripping on Holiday: Lizzie Dripping by the Sea, Lizzie Dripping and the Little Angel (omnibus) (1994)
1. Lizzie Dripping (1973)
2. Lizzie Dripping by the Sea (1974)
3. Lizzie Dripping and the Little Angel (1974)
4. Lizzie Dripping and the Witch (1991)
Lizzie Dripping Again (1974)
Lizzie Dripping on Holiday: Lizzie Dripping by the Sea, Lizzie Dripping and the Little Angel (omnibus) (1994)
Two Hoots
1. Two Hoots (1975)
2. Two Hoots Go to the Sea (1975)
3. Two Hoots in the Snow (1975)
4. Two Hoots and the Big Bad Bird (1975)
5. Two Hoots Play Hide and Seek (1977)
Two Hoots and the King (1977)
1. Two Hoots (1975)
2. Two Hoots Go to the Sea (1975)
3. Two Hoots in the Snow (1975)
4. Two Hoots and the Big Bad Bird (1975)
5. Two Hoots Play Hide and Seek (1977)
Two Hoots and the King (1977)
Bagthorpe
1. Ordinary Jack (1977)
2. Absolute Zero (1978)
3. Bagthorpes Unlimited (1978)
4. Bagthorpes Versus the World (1979)
5. Bagthorpes Abroad (1984)
6. Bagthorpes Haunted (1985)
7. Bagthorpes Liberated (1989)
8. The Bagthorpe Triangle (1992)
9. Bagthorpes Besieged (1996)
10. Bagthorpes Battered (2001)
1. Ordinary Jack (1977)
2. Absolute Zero (1978)
3. Bagthorpes Unlimited (1978)
4. Bagthorpes Versus the World (1979)
5. Bagthorpes Abroad (1984)
6. Bagthorpes Haunted (1985)
7. Bagthorpes Liberated (1989)
8. The Bagthorpe Triangle (1992)
9. Bagthorpes Besieged (1996)
10. Bagthorpes Battered (2001)
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)
The Outlanders (1970)
Rainbow Pavement (1970)
The Wilkses (1970)
Bird Fancier (1971)
Weather Cat (1971)
At the Stroke of Midnight (1971)
Up the Pier (1971)
Arc-en-ciel (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)
The Bower Birds (1973)
The Beetle Hunt (1973)
The Bongleweed (1973)
The Key (1973)
The Trap (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)
The Flyaway Kite (1979)
My Aunt Polly (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)
Time Out (1987)
Dragon Ride (1987)
Moondial (1987)
Trouble (1987)
The Story of Grace Darling (1988)
Rosie and the Boredom Eater (1989)
Hokey Pokey Did It! (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)
Birdspell (1994)
Little Sea Horse (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 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)
The Outlanders (1970)
Rainbow Pavement (1970)
The Wilkses (1970)
Bird Fancier (1971)
Weather Cat (1971)
At the Stroke of Midnight (1971)
Up the Pier (1971)
Arc-en-ciel (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)
The Bower Birds (1973)
The Beetle Hunt (1973)
The Bongleweed (1973)
The Key (1973)
The Trap (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)
The Flyaway Kite (1979)
My Aunt Polly (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)
Time Out (1987)
Dragon Ride (1987)
Moondial (1987)
Trouble (1987)
The Story of Grace Darling (1988)
Rosie and the Boredom Eater (1989)
Hokey Pokey Did It! (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)
Birdspell (1994)
Little Sea Horse (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)
Collections
The White Sea Horse and Other Sea Magic (1972)
Silver Jackanory (1991) (with Joan Aiken, Joan Eadington, Dick King-Smith, Robert Leeson and Tony Robinson)
Stories for 6-Year-Olds (1997) (with Scoular Anderson, Ruth Craft, Penelope Lively, Gareth Owen and Shoo Rayner)
Silver Jackanory (1991) (with Joan Aiken, Joan Eadington, Dick King-Smith, Robert Leeson and Tony Robinson)
Stories for 6-Year-Olds (1997) (with Scoular Anderson, Ruth Craft, Penelope Lively, Gareth Owen and Shoo Rayner)
Picture Books
Anthologies edited
The Puffin Book of Funny Stories (1992)
Classic Fairy Tales (1993)
Best Stories for Six Year Olds (1995)
Mystery Stories (1996)
Collins Treasury of Fairy Tales (1997)
Classic Fairy Tales (1993)
Best Stories for Six Year Olds (1995)
Mystery Stories (1996)
Collins Treasury of Fairy Tales (1997)
Anthologies containing stories by Helen Cresswell
Short stories
| A Kind of Swan Song (1984) | |||
| The Sky Sea (1989) |
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