Most Popular Books by Helen Cresswell

Eleven-year-old Jack, the only "ordinary" member of the talented and eccentric Bagthorpe family, concocts a scheme to distinguish himself as a modern-day prophet.

Summary: While visiting a seaside resort with her mother; a young English girl discovers a mysterious family living on the pier.

A sumptuous collection of favourite tales by renowned author Helen Cresswell, with exquisite illustrations by Siân Bailey.

Naomi and Otis are on vacation. One day they are visited by Mr. Briggs - a tabby cat who comes to stay. Naomi soon realizes something special about Mr. Briggs - he can predict the weather! Mr. Briggs turns out to be a cat full of surprises!

On holiday by the sea, Ned Kerne becomes involved with a family of scavengers, a family of beachcombers, a missing treasure and danger.

When they''re asked to make a special pie for the king, to feed 200 people, the Rollers are thrown into a frenzy of excited preparations. This will be the best ever Danby Dale pie! Unfortunately, a rival pie maker has different plans.

The members of the talanted and eccentric Bagthorpe family channel their energy into slogan-writing contests.

Minty is staying with her maiden aunt and discovers that the moondial in the huge house nearby has the power to take her back in time. On her time travels, she meets two children who are desperately in need of help and she encounters danger and excitement in her bid to rescue them.

A hilarious story about the bongleweed, a weird and wonderful plant that''s threatening to take over the village. It''s up to Becky and Jason to try and stop the wickedly wild weed before it''s too late...Helen Cresswell has been twice BAFTA-nominated for her tv adaptations of such books as The Demon Headmaster and The Phoenix and the Carpet.

Everyone in the village where Lizzie lives thinks that she''s a dreamer - so it''s no wonder that they don''t believe her when she says she''s seen a witch. But Lizzie doesn''t care because she knows it''s true and having a witch for a friend makes life much more exciting. *Helen Cresswell is a well-known writer and has written more than forty books. She has adapted stories such as The Phoenix and the Carpet and The Demon Head master for television.

A collection of nineteen mysterious stories involving surprising circumstances, unexpected crimes, and eerie events, by such authors as Vivien Alcock, Ray Bradbury, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Diana Wynne Jones.

The adventures and misadventures of a little girl, Posy Bates, who desperately wants a dog or cat for a pet.

The house was three miles from the station, but, before the dusty hired hack had rattled along for five minutes, the children began to put their heads out of the carriage window and say, "Aren''t we nearly there?" And every time they passed a house, which was not very often, they all said, "Oh, is this it?" But it never was, till they reached the very top of the hill, just past the chalk-quarry and before you come to the gravel-pit. And then there was a white house with a green garden and an orchard beyond, and mother said, "Here we are " "How white the house is," said Robert. "And look at the roses," said Anthea. "And the plums," said Jane. "It is rather decent," Cyril admitted. ...]