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
The Princess and the Apple Tree: And Other Stories (1937)
Six short stories, mainly about young children, verging on nonsense.
A Round of Carols (1935)
Thirty-four carols for all the year round.
Read online at archive.org.
T. Tertius Noble
Various
Sally Gabble and the Fairies (1929)
When Sally Gabble traps a fairy in her garden, her troubles are just beginning.
Secrets and Surprises (1951)
An elementary school reader.
Sense and Sensibility (1957)
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.
Shark! Shark! (1934)
An early account of sport fishing for shark.
Captain William E. Young
Stories of Early America (1958)
Stories and poems about early American history for younger children.
Read online at archive.org.
Esther Averill
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Et al
Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
Ingri d’Aulaire
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Helen Sewell
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Story Parade A Collection of Modern Stories for Boys and Girls (1936)
This story collection includes ‘The Brave Automobiles’ by Antonio Robles with illustrations by William Pène du Bois.
William Pène du Bois
Antonio Robles
Et al
Lois Lenski
Helen Sewell
Lynd Ward
Et al
Story Parade: Star Book, A Collection of Modern Stories for Boys and Girls (1944)
A collection of stories that had appeared in Story Parade Magazine.
Margery Williams Bianco
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Mabel L. Hunt
Et al
Helen Sewell
Armstrong Sperry
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Tag-Along Tooloo (1941)
Tooloo is too little to play with the big girls, but she still wants to tag-along.
Read online at archive.org.
Ten Saints (1936)
Brief lives of ten saints, including Francis, Christopher and Patrick.
The Thanksgiving Story (1954)
A retelling of the story of the Pilgrims’ first thanksgiving.
Read online at archive.org.
These Happy Golden Years (1943)
In the eighth book of her biography Laura Ingalls becomes Mrs. Almanzo Wilder.
Helen Sewell
The Three Kings of Saba (1955)
The story of the three wise men who traveled to Bethlehem.
Three Tall Tales (1947)
Three tall tales about lazy animals and their owners.
Helen Sewell
Where is Adelaide? (1933)
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.
The White Horse (1942)
Voyaging on the Fair American to Genoa, Sally, Andrew and Captain Patterson are captured by Moroccan pirates.
The Wonderful Day (1946)
Sally and Andrew must rally around to save Five Bushel Farm.
Read online at archive.org.
Words to the Wise: A Book of Proverbs for Boys and Girls (1932)
An illustrated selection of proverbs.
The Young Brontës: Charlotte and Emily, Branwell and Anne (1938)
A history of the Brontë siblings between 1825 and 1830.