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  • Bibliography:
    24 Books
  • First Book:
    November 1990
  • Latest Book:
    December 2024
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Book List in Order: 24 titles





  • Only William knows about the big great bear living under the stairs. He's sure he saw one lurking there.A beautifully illustrated book dealing with childhood fears. Wonderfully poetic and reassuring.Helen Cooper is the only illustrator ever to win th...



  • Tom Cat is disturbed when he is moved along with the family that lived in half of his two-family home and decides to return to his original house and its remaining family, finding joy and relief when he makes it back safely....



  • In four playfully rhymed stories, love carries the day when Timothy's toys get bumped and battered, torn and worn. These delicious tales will go straight to a young child's heart, and the tender illustrations will inspire hugs....









  • "Bedtime!" said Mother.  "NO!" said the baby.The Baby wants to stay up all night, so he revs up his car and sets off on an adventure.  Before long, he finds himself all alone in a sleepy land.  But th...



  • The trials and tribulations of four beloved toys

    Toys, like children, sometimes get hurt, and Helen Cooper lets readers know how they feel when it happens in this charming book of four stories. Tim's favorite playthings are a teddy bear, a stu...






  • This boy is not ready to go to sleep. So he revs up his little red car and drives away so fast that his mother cannot catch him. He drives to a magical land filled with larger-than-life toys. But the toys are all too tired to play with him. The tiger...



  • A magical tale for very young readersSandmare is a horse drawn in the sand on a beach by a girl named Polly and her father. Pleased with their creation, Polly laments the inevitability of the Sandmare’s being washed away by the tide. But Polly ...



  • The adventures of a lost toy, by the two-time Kate Greenaway Medalist

    Cooper sends the beloved bunny on a train ride to a meal at the Three Bears’ cottage, a run-in with pirates, and a flight on dragon-back to the moon. Finally Tatty Ratty r...



  • By the Kate Greenaway Medalist

    Deep in the woods in an old white cabin, three friends make their pumpkin soup the same way every day. The Cat slices up the pumpkin, the Squirrel stirs in the water, and the Duck tips in just enough salt. But ...



  • Cat, Squirrel, and Duck have a very serious problem: there are no ripe pumpkins in the garden for their favorite soup They'll have to make something else, but while Cat and Squirrel are willing to experiment, all Duck wants is pumpkin soup. He wo...



  • A companion to the best-selling Pumpkin Soup
    Duck, Cat, and Squirrel, the three animal friends from Pumpkin Soup, are out of salt, a key ingredient of their special recipe. Duck insists upon coming along with Cat and Squirrel on the shopping tr...



  • Hungry Bridget ate a biscuit . . . a dog biscuit! It tasted good â€" salty and sweet at the same time â€" but dog biscuits are meant for dogs, not people. Bridget starts to worry. Are her ears getting bigger? Is she growing a tail? Could she be tu...



  • It was quiet and peaceful in Amy's house . . . until Little Monster arrived! Little Monster loves Amy, but he doesn't love the new baby. He starts doing very naughty things. And Amy gets all the blame!...



  • When Ben receives a mysterious invitation to an odd museum, he’s swept into a peculiar world of forgotten secrets and wild magic in this illustrated novel. The invitation to the Gee Museum was delivered by bees. It wasn’t addressed to anyone, ...







  • Two resourceful siblings begin a new life as refugees in a poetic picture book about thriving—in your own time—after great loss.From an award-winning author and a talented debut illustrator comes a profound story about child refugees heal...





  • A LibraryReads Pick Be careful who you sleep with...They've already made their bed.Lucy and her husband, Adam, have been best friends with another couple, Cora and Scott, for years. The four are practically family -- they vacation together, co-own a ...



  • A deliciously vengeful and sinister suspense novel, about two women whose friendship cracks after one of their sons murders the other’s from the author of The Downstairs Neighbor and The Couple in the Photo.In a close-knit English village, Chrissy ...



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Award-Winning Books by Helen Cooper

Pumpkin Soup
1998 Greenaway Medal -- Children's Picture


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Helen Cooper has published 24 books.

The next book by Helen Cooper, My Darling Boy, will be published in December 2024.

The first book by Helen Cooper, Ella and the Rabbit, was published in November 1990.

No. Helen Cooper does not write books in series.