Thelma Harrington Bell (July 3, 1896 – May 1985) and Corydon Whitten Bell (July 16, 1894 – June 1980) were American authors from the state of

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. As a husband and wife team, they wrote and illustrated a number of children's books, many set in

. In 1961 Thelma Bell received the

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for ''Captain Ghost'', and several of the Bells' books have been

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selections. Corydon Bell also did illustrations for magazines and books by other writers. As well as children's novels, they produced some children's science books on weather and time.

Selected books

* ''Yaller-Eye'', 1951 * ''Take It Easy'', 1953 * ''Snow'', 1954 (non-fiction) * ''Captain Ghost'', 1959 * ''Thunderstorm'', 1960 (non-fiction) * ''The Two Worlds of Davy Blount'', 1962 * ''The Riddle of Time'', 1963 (non-fiction) * ''A Dash of Pepper'', 1965

External links

Thelma and Corydon Bell Papers
at UNC–Greensboro, with biographical note

in the

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at Southern Miss, with biographical sketch * *
Corydon Bell
at LC Authorities, with 15 records * American children's writers Married couples People from North Carolina Children's non-fiction writers {{US-illustrator-stub