Racey Helps (1913–1971)
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Œuvres de Racey Helps
Prickly Pie 2 exemplaires
Katzengeschichten 2 exemplaires
Barnaby's Spring Clean 1 exemplaire
My Friend Wilberforce 1 exemplaire
Many Happy Returns 1 exemplaire
Footprints in the Snow (A Barnaby Littlemouse Book) 1 exemplaire
Little Squirrel Story Book 1 exemplaire
Mr. Roley to the Rescue 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Helps, Racey
- Nom légal
- Helps, Angus Clifford Racey
- Date de naissance
- 1913
- Date de décès
- 1971
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Barnstaple, Devon, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Chelvey, Somerset, England, UK
Saltford, Somerset, England, UK
Barnstaple, Devon, England, UK - Études
- Bristol Cathedral School
West of England College of Art - Professions
- illustrator
- Relations
- Orr, Irene (wife)
Helps, Anne (daughter)
Helps, Julian Racey (son) - Organisations
- William Collins & Sons
The Medici Society - Courte biographie
- Racey Helps married Irene Orr on 8th April 1936 and his daughter, Anne, was born in July 1937. He used to tell his young daughter a made-up story every night at bed time.
His first success as an author-artist came during World War II with stories written for her; when the war came, the little girl was packed off to a less noisy part of the country, but she still insisted on her story, and so Racey Helps wrote them down for her and drew pictures to illustrate them, and sent them to her.
Racey and Irene ran a hairdressing salon in Shepton Mallet, and on one occasion a publisher happend to drop in and picked up one of these handwritten and illustrated booklets and was enthralled by its content. Having established who was the author of this item, Racey was invited to London to discuss publication of future work with William Collins & Son, with whom he first became associated, then, subsequently, The Medici Society.
At the age of 57 Racey suddenly suffered a fatal heart attack and passed away at his Barnstaple home.
His books have been loved by many generations, and his characters are well known to children on both sides of the Atlantic, right up to the present day.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 32
- Aussi par
- 5
- Membres
- 276
- Popularité
- #84,078
- Évaluation
- 4.3
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 17
- Langues
- 4
- Favoris
- 2
This review is from: Little Tommy Purr (Pixie books series) (Hardcover)
A wonderful little kids' book featuring Racey Helps' lifelike cat illustrations. Tells the story of a tabby cat who plays truant to go fishing and ends up falling in and catching cold. No one but Helps could draw a cat sneezing!