
Helen Cresswell
Author · 33 books
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.
Series
Books

Bagthorpes Abroad
Being the Fifth Part of the Bagthorpe Saga
1984

Bag of Bones
1997

The Night-Watchmen
1969

Lizzie Dripping and the Little Angel
1974

Mystery
1996

Ordinary Jack
1977

Dear Shrink
1982

Classic Fairy Tales
1994

Ellie and the Hagwitch
1984

Almost Goodbye, Guzzler
1991

The Bongleweed
1973

Bagthorpes Unlimited
1978

Stonestruck
1995

The Little Sea Pony
1964

Bagthorpes Haunted
1985

Bagthorpes Besieged
1997

The Bagthorpe Triangle
1994

Bagthorpes Liberated
1989

Up the Pier
1971

The Secret World of Polly Flint
1984

The Winter of the Birds
1975

A Gift from Winklesea
1969

Bagthorpes V. the World
1979

Bagthorpes Battered
1997

The Piemakers
1967

Time Out
1990

The Watchers
A Mystery at Alton Towers
1993

Mystery at Winklesea
1995

Absolute Zero
1978

The Return of the Psammead
1992

Where the Wind Blows
1966

Lizzie Dripping and the Witch
1991

Moondial
1987