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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
Jane Eyre (1938)
Jane is abused as a child by her aunt and at school and develops a philosophy of radical self-centeredness. One of the first modern novels.
Author(s):
Charlotte Brontë
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Jimmy and Jemima (1940)
When Jimmy joins the boy scouts, he no longer has time for his little sister Jemima until …
Author(s):
Helen Sewell
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Little House in the Big Woods (1932)
In this, the first volume of her family saga, Laura Ingalls is living with her Ma and Pa, sisters Mary and Carrie in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, near Lake Pepin.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Little House on the Prairie (1935)
In the second book of the Little House series, Pa takes the family and sets out for Indian Territory to stake a claim.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Little Town on the Prairie (1941)
In the seventh book of her biographical series, Laura is living with Ma, Pa, Mary, Carrie and Grace in De Smet and earns her teaching certificate.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Mildred Boyle
Helen Sewell
The Long Winter (1940)
The Indians warn that there will be a hard winter so Pa moves Ma, Laura, Mary, Carrie and Grace to his store building in town for the winter.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Mildred Boyle
Helen Sewell
The Magic Hill and Other Stories (1937)
Six short stories by the author of Winnie the Pooh.
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Menagerie (1928)
Poems, mainly about animals.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Mary Britton Miller
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Ming and Mehitable (1936)
Mehitabe’s dog Ming is her best friend, but when she dresses him up like a doll he runs away.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Helen Sewell
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Mr. Hermit Crab (1929)
A fairy tale about two young girls, a Malicious Fairy and a young giant, Mr. Hermit Crab.
Author(s):
Mimpsy Rhys
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Mrs. McThing (1952)
Mrs. Howard V. Larue III, a very wealthy widow, makes a big mistake when she refuses to let Mimi, a little girl who claims her mother is a witch, play with her only son, Howay.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Mary Chase
Illustrator(s):
Madeleine Gekiere
Helen Sewell
On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937)
In the fourth volume of her history Laura and the Ingalls family move to Minnesota and live in a dugout on the banks of Plum Creek.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Mildred Boyle
Helen Sewell
Once There Was a Little Boy (1946)
The author’s imagination appears to have run away with her, but the pictures are well done.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Peggy and the Pony (1936)
Peggy’s mother takes her on vacation to France, but Peggy would rather be riding a pony.
Author(s):
Helen Sewell
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Peter and Gretchen of Old Nuremberg (1935)
Two children living with their cat in Bavaria.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Viola M. Jones
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Pinocchio (1935)
The story of a wooden puppet who becomes a real boy. This edition has been shortened by the editor.
Author(s):
Carlo Collodi
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Poems of Emily Dickinson (1952)
A generous selection from the work of the great American poet.
Author(s):
Emily Dickinson
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
When Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy refuses to dance with her Elizabeth Bennett is confirmed in her prejudice that he is filled with pride. On further acquaintance she is forced to revise her opinion.
Author(s):
Jane Austen
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell