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Helen Sewell

Author,Illustrator,Editor,Compiler

(1896 - 1957)

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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

The Princess and the Apple Tree: And Other Stories (1937)

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Six short stories, mainly about young children, verging on nonsense.

Author(s): A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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A Round of Carols (1935)

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Thirty-four carols for all the year round.

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Author(s): Anonymous
T. Tertius Noble
Various
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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Sally Gabble and the Fairies (1929)

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When Sally Gabble traps a fairy in her garden, her troubles are just beginning.

Author(s): Miriam Clark Potter
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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Secrets and Surprises (1951)

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An elementary school reader.

Author(s): Irmengarde Eberle
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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Sense and Sensibility (1957)

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When Mrs. Dashwood and her three daughters find themselves in realtive poverty with only the income of ten thousand pounds ($100,000 per year in current money) to live on, she determines to move to a different part of the country, near a cousin who offers them a suitable residence at a small rent. The elder Miss Dashwood is already in love and her younger sister soon contrives to fall in love as well.

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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Shark! Shark! (1934)

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An early account of sport fishing for shark.

Author(s): Lt. Horace S. Mazet
Captain William E. Young
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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Tag-Along Tooloo (1941)

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Tooloo is too little to play with the big girls, but she still wants to tag-along.

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Author(s): Frances Clarke Sayers
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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Ten Saints (1936)

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Brief lives of ten saints, including Francis, Christopher and Patrick.

Author(s): Eleanor Farjeon
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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The Thanksgiving Story (1954)

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A retelling of the story of the Pilgrims’ first thanksgiving.

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Author(s): Alice Dalgliesh
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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These Happy Golden Years (1943)

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In the eighth book of her biography Laura Ingalls becomes Mrs. Almanzo Wilder.

Author(s): Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s): Mildred Boyle
Helen Sewell

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The Three Kings of Saba (1955)

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The story of the three wise men who traveled to Bethlehem.

Author(s): Alf Evers
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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Three Tall Tales (1947)

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Three tall tales about lazy animals and their owners.

Author(s): Elena Eleska
Helen Sewell
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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Where is Adelaide? (1933)

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Adelaide is an orphan girl who is such a handful she is passed from relative to relative, ending up with her mother’s best friend.

Author(s): Eliza Orne White
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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The White Horse (1942)

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Voyaging on the Fair American to Genoa, Sally, Andrew and Captain Patterson are captured by Moroccan pirates.

Author(s): Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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The Wonderful Day (1946)

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Sally and Andrew must rally around to save Five Bushel Farm.

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Author(s): Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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Words to the Wise: A Book of Proverbs for Boys and Girls (1932)

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An illustrated selection of proverbs.

Author(s): The Bible
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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The Young Brontës: Charlotte and Emily, Branwell and Anne (1938)

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A history of the Brontë siblings between 1825 and 1830.

Author(s): Mary Louise Jarden
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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