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Helen Sewell
(1896 - 1957)
Helen Sewell was a children’s book illustrator and author. She won a 1955 Caldecott Honor for The Thanksgiving Story and illustrated several Newbery Honor novels. Some of her papers were donated to the University of Minnesota.
Bibliography
Building a House in Sweden (1931)
An illustrated look at how they build houses in Sweden.
Author(s):
Marjorie Sewell Cautley
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
By the Shores of Silver Lake (1939)
Pa takes a job on the railroad and move Ma, Laura, Mary, Carrie and Grace to the Dakota Territory where they spend the winter in a surveyor’s shanty.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Mildred Boyle
Helen Sewell
The Children’s Hour Volume 1 (1953)
A large collection of classic picture books.
Read online at archive.org.
Chloe Marr (1946)
A young woman’s life in London on stage and in the world of publishing.
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Christmas Magic (1944)
Come spend Christmas Eve in a toy shop with Santa.
Author(s):
James S. Tippett
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
The Christmas Tree in the Woods (1932)
Based on a true story from Wiscasset, Maine.
Author(s):
Susan Smith
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Cinderella (1934)
Cinderella’s godmother makes it possible for her to attend the prince’s ball, but she loses her glass slipper.
Author(s):
Helen Sewell
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 5 (1962)
Eighteen stories set in America.
The Colonel’s Squad (1952)
A fictional account of an American Army Colonel who brings five Russian orphans home with him to America.
Author(s):
Alf Evers
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
The Cruise of the Little Dipper (1963)
A collection of original fairy tales. The author and illustrator were childhood friends.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Susanne K. Langer
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
The Cruise of the Little Dipper: And Other Fairy Tales (1923)
A collection of new fairy tales. The author and illustrator were childhood friends. Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Susanne K. Langer
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems (1932)
A selection of poems by a famous Black American poet.
Author(s):
Langston Hughes
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
The Fair American (1940)
Sally’s Aunt Deborah is now married to Andrew’s father Captain Patterson. They all go on a voyage on the Fair American. In France they take on a cabin boy, Pierre.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Farmer Boy (1933)
The story of Almanzo Wilder growing up with his brother Royal and his two sisters on a big farm in New York state.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
A First Bible (1934)
Selections from the King James version.
Author(s):
Jean West Maury
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Five Bushel Farm (1939)
Andrew Patterson, a ship captain’s son from Boston comes to live with Sally and her aunt.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
The Golden Christmas Manger (1948)
A creche with cut out figures and a book containing the Christmas story.
Author(s):
Helen Sewell
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Good Times Together (1958)
Includes Willie’s Pocket by Margaret Wise Brown with illustrations by Crockett Johnson reproduced in color. An anthology for younger children about people around the world.
Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates (1936)
Hans and his sister must help keep the family going while their father is ill.
Author(s):
Mary Mapes Dodge
Illustrator(s):
Mildred Boyle
Helen Sewell
A Head for Happy (1931)
Letty makes a doll out of a pillow, but what to do for a head? So the three sisters set out to travel the world to find Happy a head.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Helen Sewell
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell