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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)
Bird Fancier (1971)
Weather Cat (1971)
At the Stroke of Midnight (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)
The Beetle Hunt (1973)
Bower Birds (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)
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 SignpostersBarge Children
The Sea PiperThe Night WatchmenThe OutlandersThe Wilkses
Bird FancierWeather CatAt the Stroke of MidnightUp the Pier
Blue Birds Over Pit RowThe BeachcombersThe BongleweedButterfly Chase
The Winter of the BirdsA Game of CatchAwful JackDear Shrink
Ellie and the HagwitchWhodunnit?Time OutDragon Ride
MoondialThe 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
GarlunkThe 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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