Helen Sewell

"Helen Sewell" (1896-1957) 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. [ [http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-1565.xml University of Minnesota] ]

Life

Born June 27, 1896, Mare Island, California, Sewell studied at the Pratt Institute, including classes with Alexander Archipenko. Her first publication was in 1923 and she continued to illustrate children's books throughout her life, as well as some adult publications. She created the original drawings for Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books (later replaced by those of Garth Williams). [ [http://www.purplehousepress.com/liw.htm Purple House Press] ] [ [http://ccb.lis.uiuc.edu/Projects/Additions%20on%209-20-07/CCB/CCB/sswanke2/bib-desc.html University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign] ] She died on February 24, 1957, in New York City. [ [http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-1565.xml University of Minnesota] ]

Notes

Works

"List of works illustrated with accompanying author"
*1928 "Menagerie, Poems for Children", Mary Britton Miller
*1929 "Mr. Hermit Crab", Mimpsy Rhys
*1931 "A Head for Happy", Helen Sewell
*1932 "Little House in the Big Woods", Laura Ingalls Wilder
*1932 "Words to the Wise", Helen Sewell
*1933 "Blue Barns", Helen Sewell
*1933 "Farmer Boy", Laura Ingalls Wilder
*1934 "A First Bible", Jean West Maury
*1934 "Away Goes Sally", Elizabeth Coatsworth
*1934 "Bluebonnets for Lucinda", Frances Clarke Sayers
*1934 "Cinderella"
*1935 "Anne Frances", Eliza Orne White
*1935 "Little House on the Prairie", Laura Ingalls Wilder
*1935 "Mrs. Hermit Crab", Mimpsy Rhys
*1935 "Peter and Gretchen of Old Nuremberg", Viola M. Jones
*1935 "A Round of Carols", T. Tertius Noble
*1936 "Ming and Mehitable", Helen Sewell
*1936 "Peggy and the Pony", Helen Sewell
*1937 "Baby Island", Carol Ryrie Brink
*1937 "Old John", Mairin Cregan
*1937 "On the Banks of Plum Creek", Laura Ingalls Wilder (co-illustrated with Mildred Boyle)
*1937 "The Magic Hill", A.A. Milne
*1937 "The Princess and the Apple Tree", A.A. Milne
*1938 "The Young Brontës", Mary Louise Jarden
*1939 "Five Bushel Farm", Elizabeth Coatsworth
*1939 "By the Shores of Silver Lake", Laura Ingalls Wilder (co-illustrated with Mildred Boyle)
*1940 "The Fair American", Elizabeth Coatsworth
*1939 "The Long Winter", Laura Ingalls Wilder (co-illustrated with Mildred Boyle)
*1940 "Jimmy and Jemima", Helen Sewell
*1940 (edition) "Pride and Prejudice", Jane Austen
*1941 (edition) "The Dream Keeper and Other Poems", Langston Hughes
*1941 "Little Town on the Prairie", Laura Ingalls Wilder (co-illustrated with Mildred Boyle)
*1941 "Peggy and the Pup", Helen Sewell
*1941 "Tag-Along Tooloo", Frances Clarke Sayers
*1944 "A Bee in Her Bonnet", Eva Kristofferson
*1944 "Belinda the Mouse", Helen Sewell
*1944 "The Big Green Umbrella", Elizabeth Coatsworth
*1944 "Birthdays for Robin", Helen Sewell
*1944 "Boat Children of Canton", Marion B. Ward
*1944 "Christmas Magic", James S Tippett
*1946 "The Branve Bantam", Louise Seaman
*1946 "Once There Was a Little Boy", Dorothy Kunhardt
*1946 "The Wonderful Day", Elizabeth Coatsworth
*1947 "Three Tall Tales", Helen Sewell and Eleska
*1948 "All Around the Town", Phyllis McGinley
*1948 "Azor", Maude Crowley
*1949 "Azor and the Haddock", Maude Crowley
*1951 "Azor and the Blue-Eyed Cow", Maude Crowley
*1951 "Secrets and Surprises", Irmegarde Ebertle
*1952 "The Bears on Hemlock Mountain", Alice Dalgliesh
*1952 "The Colonel's Squad", Alf Evers
*1952 "Mrs. McThing", Mary Ellen Chase (co-illustrated with Madeleine Gekiere)
*1952 (edition) "Poems", Emily Dickenson
*1952 "The White Horse", Elizabeth Coatsworth
*1953 "Ten Saints", Eleanor Farjeon
*1954 "The Thanksgiving Story", Alice Dalgliesh
*1955 "The Three Kings of Saba", Alf Evers
*1957 (edition) "Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen
*1963 "The Cruise of the Little Dipper and Other Fairy Tales", Susanne K. Langer