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Books with author Helen Cresswell

  • The Winter of the Birds

    Helen Cresswell

    Hardcover (Atheneum, April 1, 1976)
    A young English boy with ambitions to be a hero learns about true heroism, affection, and the power of imagination when his neighborhood is threatened by multiplying flocks of steel birds
  • Two Hoots go to the sea

    Helen Cresswell

    Paperback (Crown Publishers, March 15, 1978)
    Two owls discover they prefer living in the woods rather than by the sea.
  • Mystery Stories

    Helen Cresswell

    Paperback (Kingfisher, June 20, 2003)
    Including tales from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Ray Bradbury, and Joan Aiken, this collection of eighteen stories offers a marvelous sampling of the mystery genre from classic detective to humorous contemporary.
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  • Bag of Bones

    Helen Cresswell

    Paperback (Hodder & Stoughton, )
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  • Loaves & Fishes

    Helen Caswell

    Hardcover (Abingdon Pr, Dec. 1, 1993)
    Retells the familiar Bible story from the point of view of young Thomas, who offers his own lunch of five little barley loaves and two fish to Jesus, who in turn uses them to feed a crowd of thousands.
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  • The Piemakers

    Helen Cresswell

    Paperback (Oxford University Press, June 10, 1999)
    Arthy, Jem and Gravella Roller are the finest pie-makers in Danby Dale, famed for their perfect pastry and fantastic fillings. So when they're asked to make a special pie for the king, which will feed two hundred people, the Rollers are thrown into a frenzy of excited preparations. This willbe the best ever Danby Dale pie! But unfortunately, wicked Uncle Crispin, a rival pie maker, has different plans for the Rollers' pie...plans that include an extra large helping of pepper...
  • I Can Talk to God

    Helen Caswell

    Paperback (James Clarke & Co Ltd, June 3, 1996)
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  • Tide for the Captain

    Helen Cresswell

    Hardcover (Chatto,B, )
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  • Trouble

    Helen Cresswell

    Hardcover (Dutton Books for Young Readers, Sept. 1, 1988)
    Emma's mother loves to tell how good she was at Emma's age, until Grandmother comes to visit and sets the record straight, much to Emma's delight.
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  • Two Hoots and the big bad bird

    Helen Cresswell

    Hardcover (Crown Publishers, March 15, 1978)
    Big Hoot and Little Hoot are convinced that there is a big bad bird in the woods waiting to eat them up.
  • The Watchers

    Helen Cresswell

    Hardcover (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, Oct. 1, 1994)
    Tired of living at the Kirby House orphanage, Katy and Josh run away to Alton Towers, a castle turned amusement park, but their hideout becomes the center of a battle between the universal forces of good and evil.
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  • Ordinary Jack

    Helen Cresswell

    Hardcover (Faber, March 15, 1977)
    Eleven-year-old Jack, the only "ordinary" member of the talented and eccentric Bagthorpe family, concocts a scheme to distinguish himself as a modern-day prophet.