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Helen Cresswell

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Helen Cresswell


Born
in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, England, The United Kingdom
July 11, 1934

Died
September 26, 2005

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Helen Cresswell (1934–2005) was an English television scriptwriter and author of more than 100 children's books, best known for comedy and supernatural fiction. Her most popular book series, Lizzie Dripping and The Bagthorpe Saga, were also the basis for television series. ...more

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Moondial

3.88 avg rating — 1,271 ratings — published 1987 — 17 editions
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Ordinary Jack

4.09 avg rating — 812 ratings — published 1977 — 24 editions
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Absolute Zero: Being the Se...

4.33 avg rating — 346 ratings — published 1978 — 19 editions
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Bagthorpes Unlimited: Being...

4.27 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 1978 — 10 editions
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Bagthorpes V. the World: Be...

4.25 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 1979 — 14 editions
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Bagthorpes Abroad: Being th...

4.14 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 1984 — 8 editions
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The Secret World of Polly F...

3.97 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 1984 — 17 editions
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Bagthorpes Haunted: Being t...

4.15 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 1985 — 9 editions
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Bagthorpes Liberated: Being...

4.10 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 1989 — 5 editions
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A Gift from Winklesea (Youn...

3.83 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1969 — 10 editions
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Ordinary Jack Absolute Zero: Being the Se... Bagthorpes Unlimited: Being... Bagthorpes V. the World: Be... Bagthorpes Abroad: Being th... Bagthorpes Haunted: Being t... Bagthorpes Liberated: Being...
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Meet Posy Bates Posy Bates and the Bag Lady Posy Bates, Again!
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“Further communication with her husband seemed hopeless. Between them yawned the chasm that divides those who have consumed champagne before breakfast from those who have not.”
Helen Cresswell, Bagthorpes Haunted: Being the Sixth Part of the Bagthorpe Saga

“I live inside my head," he told himself. "So does everyone in a way. So what goes on in there, must count. It must count a lot. I shall always live in my head, wherever I go or whatever I do for the whole of my life. So why shouldn't I be at home in there?”
Helen Cresswell, The Winter of the Birds

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