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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Featured Books, with extracts by Helen Cresswell

Lizzie Dripping
Helen Cresswell
Lizzie is an archetypal twelve-year-old dreamer who wanders around with her head in the clouds. Despite her family’s failure to believe her, Lizzie makes friends with a witch with exciting, funny and often charming consequences. Anyone aged seven to nine...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2004

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Books by Helen Cresswell

Mystifying Sinister Stories of the Unexplained
Helen Cresswell
Contains stories including The Green Arches - Joan Aiken; The Azteck Opal - Rodrigues Ottolengui; Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte; The Girl Who Kissed the Peach Tree - Eleanor Farjeon; The Thing in the Pond - Paul Ernst; Smart Ice...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2008

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The Secret World of Polly Flint
Helen Cresswell

Format: Paperback - Released: 27/05/2008

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The Bagthorpes V. the World
Helen Cresswell
When Mr Bagthorpe gets his latest bank statement, all hell breaks loose! He thinks he's broke and nothing can persuade him that the bank has made a mistake. All he can think about is saving money - and that means...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2005

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Bagthorpes Unlimited
Helen Cresswell
Something foul has befallen the Bagthorpes. Their holy, healthy cousins are coming to stay. The Bagthorpe children can imagine nothing worse and vow to get rid of their unwanted guests no matter what it takes. And what they think it...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/06/2005

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Lizzie Dripping
Helen Cresswell
Everyone in the village where Lizzie lives thinks that she's a dreamer. So it's no wonder that they don't believe her when she says she's seen a witch. But Lizzie doesn't care, because she knows it's true and having a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2004

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The Bongleweed
Helen Cresswell
It's up to Becky and Jason to try and stop the wickedly wild weed before it's too late. This is a story about the bongleweed, a weird and wonderful plant that's threatening to take over the village. Helen Cresswell has...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/11/2003

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The Piemakers
Helen Cresswell
The Rollers are the finest pie-makers in Danby Dale. So when they're asked to make a special pie for the king, the Rollers are thrown into a frenzy of excited activity. This will be their best pie ever! But wicked...
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Dragon Ride
Helen Cresswell
Jilly really wants a dragon so she asks for one for her birthday. None of her family take her seriously, but Mr Pink at the magic shop does and he helps her to get the pet dragon she has wished...
Format: Paperback - Released: 29/04/1999

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Bagthorpes Besieged
Helen Cresswell
The ninth story featuring the eccentric Bagthorpe family, who were the subject of a television serialization in the 1980s. Mr Bagthorpe is suspected of being a terrorist - and of murdering his wife, who has disappeared. The police and the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 09/06/1997

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Mystery at Winklesea
Helen Cresswell
Dan and Mary find the perfect present for their mother in the shop at the seaside, an egg-shaped stone with A Gift from Winklesea written on it. One day it hatches and out comes an amazing creature. This book contains...
Format: Paperback - Released: 11/03/1996

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The Little Sea Horse
Helen Cresswell
Molly's father, a fisherman, brings home a tiny pure white sea horse with hooves of gold. They plan to return him to the sea, but when the townspeople hear of his existence they want to keep him as the village...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/10/1995

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