Helen Sewell
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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.[1]
[edit] 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). [2] [3] She died on February 24, 1957, in New York City.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ University of Minnesota
- ^ Purple House Press
- ^ University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- ^ University of Minnesota
[edit] 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
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