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Books with author Helen Cresswell

  • The Bagthorpe Saga: Ordinary Jack

    Helen Cresswell

    language (HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks, Jan. 26, 2017)
    First in the super-funny classic series The Bagthorpe Saga, starring the TOTALLY unforgettable Bagthorpe family – from best-loved author Helen Cresswell.Jack’s fed up of living in the shadow of his brilliant siblings. He and his trusty dog Zero are completely ordinary while the rest of them are annoyingly gifted. So when Uncle Parker comes up with a plan to make Jack stand out, he’s more than a little excited. Can he really get away with claiming to predict the future? And will the hare-brained scheme help Jack shine, or get him noticed for all the wrong reasons?
  • The Bagthorpe Saga: Absolute Zero

    Helen Cresswell

    Paperback (HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks, June 12, 2018)
    The second book in the super-funny classic series The Bagthorpe Saga, starring the TOTALLY unforgettable Bagthorpe family – from best-loved author Helen Cresswell.Bad, mad and brilliant to know - the Bagthorpes are back! Something even stranger than normal is happening in the Bagsthorpe house. Ever since Uncle Parker won a luxury cruise in a competition, the family’s gone competition crazy. Only Jack and his trusty dog Zero are staying out of it. So just how does the mixed-up mutt become the most famous dog in Britain?
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  • The Bagthorpe Saga: Ordinary Jack

    Helen Cresswell

    Paperback (HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks, March 13, 2018)
    First in the super-funny classic series starring the TOTALLY unforgettable Bagthorpe family – from best-loved author Helen Cresswell.Jack’s fed up of living in the shadow of his brilliant siblings. He and his trusty dog Zero are completely ordinary while the rest of them are annoyingly gifted. So when Uncle Parker comes up with a plan to make Jack stand out, he’s more than a little excited. Can he really get away with claiming to predict the future? And will the hare-brained scheme help Jack shine, or get him noticed for all the wrong reasons?
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  • The secret world of Polly Flint

    Helen Cresswell

    Hardcover (Macmillan, Aug. 16, 1984)
    Polly Flint, a girl who sees things other people can't, finds herself involved with the "time gypsies" of Grimstone, inhabitants of a lost village who have become trapped in a time not their own.
  • The Bagthorpe Saga: Absolute Zero

    Helen Cresswell

    language (HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks, May 4, 2017)
    The second book in the super-funny classic series The Bagthorpe Saga, starring the TOTALLY unforgettable Bagthorpe family – from best-loved author Helen Cresswell.Bad, mad and brilliant to know - the Bagthorpes are back! Something even stranger than normal is happening in the Bagsthorpe house. Ever since Uncle Parker won a luxury cruise in a competition, the family’s gone competition crazy. Only Jack and his trusty dog Zero are staying out of it. So just how does the mixed-up mutt become the most famous dog in Britain?
  • Bagthorpes Unlimited

    Helen Cresswell

    Paperback (Oxford Univ Pr, Aug. 31, 2005)
    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 will take are spiders in their salads and creepy crawlies intheir hair, not to mention maggots in their meals and mould on their mattresses. But the Bagthorpe cousins are made of unexpectedly strong stuff. They're not going to be put of quite as easily as that . . .
  • Two Hoots

    Helen Cresswell

    Hardcover (Crown Publishers, March 15, 1978)
    A little owl's daytime search for a mouse will bring him a big surprise tomorrow.
  • Mystifying: Sinister Stories of the Unexplained

    Helen Cresswell

    Paperback (Kingfisher, )
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  • Bagthorpes Abroad: Being the Fifth Part of the Bagthorpe Saga

    Helen Cresswell

    Hardcover (Atheneum, Oct. 1, 1984)
    Chronicles the further adventures of the eccentric Bagthorpe family as they go on vacation to a reputedly haunted house in Wales.
  • Bagthorpes Unlimited

    Helen Cresswell

    Hardcover (Atheneum, )
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  • Absolute Zero: Being the Second Part of the Bagthorpe Saga

    Helen Cresswell

    Hardcover (Atheneum, March 1, 1978)
    The members of a talented, eccentric, English family eagerly enter slogan-writing contests and are rewarded with such prizes as a trip to a health farm and the opportunity to appear in a toothpaste commercial
  • Ordinary Jack: Being the First Part of the Bagthorpe Saga

    Helen Cresswell

    Paperback (Puffin Books, Feb. 3, 1987)
    Tired of being the only unexceptional member of the talented Bagthorpe family, eleven-year-old Jack decides to distinguish himself as a self-proclaimed prophet