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Helen Cresswell


UK flag (1934 - 2005)

Helen started writing at the tender age of six years old. At that time her primary interest was in poetry. She went on to become an author of wonderful stories for children, such as The Bongleweed and The Piemakers.

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

Genres: Children's Fiction
 
Series
Jumbo
   Jumbo Back to Nature (1963)
   Jumbo Spencer (1963)
   Jumbo Afloat (1966)
   Jumbo and the Big Dig (1968)
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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)
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Posy Bates
   1. Meet Posy Bates (1990)
   2. Posy Bates and the Bag Lady (1993)
   3. Posy Bates, Again! (1991)
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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)
   Barge Children (1968)
   Rug is a Bear (1968)
   Rug Plays Tricks (1968)
   The Sea Piper (1968)
   The Signposters (1968)
   House for Jones (1969)
   The Night Watchmen (1969)
   Rug and a Picnic (1969)
   Rug Plays Ball (1969)
   The Outlanders (1970)
   Rainbow Pavement (1970)
   The Wilkses (1970)
   Bird Fancier (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)
   A Game of Catch (1975)
   Butterfly Chase (1975)
   The Winter of the Birds (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)
   The Secret World of Polly Flint (1991)
   The Return of the Psammead (1992)
   The Watchers (1993)
   Polly Thumb (1994)
   Birdspell (1995)
   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)
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Collections
   The White Sea Horse and Other Sea Magic (1972)
   Silver Jackanory (1991) (with others)
   Stories for 6-Year-Olds (1997) (with others)
   Out of This World (2000) (with others)
   We're Having a Party! (2013) (with others)
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Anthologies edited
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Picture Books show
 


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