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Nonsense Genre
Books in the Nonsense genre:
The Pelican Chorus and Other Verses (1899)
A collection of nonsense poems. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
The Jumblies and Other Nonsense Verses (1900)
A collection of nonsense verse. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
Nonsense Songs (1900)
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
The Hunting of the Snark and Other Poems (1903)
Author(s):
Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s):
Peter Newell
Robert Murray Wright
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1907)
Alice falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by strange creatures. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg.
Author(s):
Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
The Book of Betty Barber (1910)
Author(s):
Maggie Browne
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Harry Rountree
Queery Leary Nonsense: A Lear Nonsense Book (1911)
A new collection of Lear drawings and poems. Read for free online at DigiNole.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Nursery Rhymes: Volume III Tales and Jingles (1916)
Traditional nursery rhymes and songs. This is volume III. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
Rootabaga Pigeons (1923)
Author(s):
Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Porridge Poetry (1924)
A collection of poems for children by the author of the Doctor Dolittle books.
Author(s):
Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s):
Hugh Lofting
A New Book of Sense and Nonsense (1928)
A collection of nonsense stories for older readers.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Et al
Mr. Nip and Mr. Tuck (1930)
Those two peculiar creatures from the shores of the Bay of Fundy go adventuring in the Marie Celeste.
Author(s):
Caroline Emerson
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Junket is Nice (1933)
An old man has people guess what he is thinking about as he eats junket.
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (1937)
In Alice in Wonderland, Alice falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by strange creatures. And in the sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, she climbs through a mirror into a fantastical world.
Author(s):
Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s):
Ninon MacKnight
John Tenniel
And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street (1937)
The Castle Number Nine (1937)
Baptiste comes out of retirement to go to work for the Count at the Castle Number Nine.
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
The Princess and the Apple Tree: And Other Stories (1937)
Six short stories, mainly about young children, verging on nonsense.
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Edgar: The 7:58 (1938)
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Streamlined Pig (1938)
When floods threaten the rich boy’s farm, he hires a fleet of airplanes to rescue the animals.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Sun and The Wind and Mr. Todd (1943)
Author(s):
Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Wind on the Moon: A Story for Children (1944)
Dinah and Dorinda determine to be naughty while their father is away.
Author(s):
Eric Linklater
Illustrator(s):
Nicolas Bentley
The Seaweed Hat (1947)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose (1948)
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (1950)
In Alice in Wonderland, Alice falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by strange creatures. And in the sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, she climbs through a mirror into a fantastical world.
Author(s):
Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear (1951)
An omnibus including five books: A Book of Nonsense, Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets, More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, &c., and Laughable Lyrics and Nonsense Songs and Stories.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Edward Lear’s Journals: A Selection (1952)
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Herbert Van Thal
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Scrambled Eggs Super! (1953)
Teapots and Quails, and Other New Nonsense (1953)
New nonsense from the master, taken from his unpublished works.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
A Drawing Book Alphabet (1954)
One of Lear’s previously unpublished comic alphabets.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Indian Journal: Watercolours and Extracts from the Diary of Edward Lear (1955)
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Ray Murphy
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
A Cat Came Fiddling (1956)
A collection of fifty-seven traditional nursery rhymes set to music.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Paul Kapp
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
The Duck and the Kangaroo (1956)
This is a facsimile of an autograph in the Harvard Library Lear collection.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Oddity Land (1957)
A collection of nonsense verse.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Edward Anthony
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Was it a Good Trade? (1957)
A little man trades his knife for a wife and a cake for a rake and ...
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
Best in Children’s Books Volume 12 (1958)
Author(s):
Lewis Carroll
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Peter Spier
John Tenniel
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Upside-Down Town (1958)
As you might guess, everything is upside-down in this strange town, but the inhabitants seem to enjoy it.
Author(s):
F. Emerson Andrews
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Best in Children’s Books Volume 38 (1960)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
The Owl and the Pussy Cat (1961)
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat set out to sea with some honey and plenty of money, but where is the ring and the runcible spoon?
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
Edward Lear’s A Nonsense Alphabet (1962)
An alphabet by the master of nonsense.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964)
Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.
Author(s):
Roald Dahl
Illustrator(s):
Joseph Schindelman
Richard Scarry’s Simple Simon and Other Rhymes (1964)
Simple Simon met a pie man.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Rhymes of Nonsense: An Alphabet (1968)
This alphabet was written around 1862 and is here first published in facsimile.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
The Scroobious Pip (1968)
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Ogden Nash
Illustrator(s):
Nancy Ekholm Burkert
Topsy-Turvies: Pictures to Stretch the Imagination (1970)
There are different ways of seeing, even when looking at the same picture.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Upside-Downers: More Pictures to Stretch the Imagination (1971)
A house of cards, that can be read backwards and forwards.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Dr. Anno’s Magical Midnight Circus (1972)
A magical circus of optical illusion comes to life after midnight.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
The Second-Best Children in the World (1972)
Ben, Kate and Matt decide to take a trip around the world to give their parents a rest and return with a new car.
Author(s):
Mary Lavin
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
There was an Old Woman (1974)
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Lear in the Original (1975)
A collection of original artwork for the Nonsense books, with a few miscellaneous sketches.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
The Yak, the Python and the Frog (1975)
Some little-known facts are revealed that will be useful for those thinking of choosing an exotic pet.
Author(s):
Hilaire Belloc
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
One Old Oxford Ox (1977)
A tongue-twisting counting rhyme.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Nicola Bayley
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
The Little Worm Book (1979)
Here is more amazing information about our friends the worms.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
A Book of Nonsense (1980)
This is a facsimile of the first edition to be printed in color.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
A Book of Nonsense (1982)
A facsimile from the Osborne collection with colored plates.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1983)
Author(s):
Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Hilary Knight’s the Owl and the Pussy-Cat (1983)
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Nonsense Songs and Stories (1984)
This is a facsimile of the 1895 edition. It is a collection of poems and stories from the four nonsense books with a few additions.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
As I Was Going Up and Down (1985)
A collection of nonsense nursery rhymes with detailed, colorful and humorous paintings.
Author(s):
Nicola Bayley
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Ride a Purple Pelican (1986)
Author(s):
Jack Prelutsky
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Bedtime & Moonshine (1987)
A combined edition of Hush-a-bye-Baby and As I Was Going Up and Down.
Author(s):
Nicola Bayley
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Nonsensus: Cross-Referencing Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense (1988)
The first three editions of A Book of Nonsense are compared to the various original manuscripts. Includes a census of the then-known copies of the two-volume first edition.
Author(s):
Justin G. Schiller
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Beneath a Blue Umbrella (1990)
Author(s):
Jack Prelutsky
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Day the Goose Got Loose (1990)
When the goose got loose, she caused a riot. Nobody ever thought she’d try it!
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Reeve Lindbergh
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Nonsense Poems of Edward Lear (1991)
All the longer nonsense poems.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
The Trouble with Uncle (1992)
Author(s):
Babette Cole
Illustrator(s):
Babette Cole
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat and Other Nonsense Poems (1995)
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat. Here they are accompanied by many of the delightful Lear Limericks and some of the longer nonsense poems.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Sleepy Men (1996)
A tale about a Big sleepy man, a Small sleepy man and the Man in the moon.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Robert Rayevsky
A-Hunting We Will Go (1998)
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Give the Dog a Bone (2000)
Nick-nack paddywhack, give the dog a bone, this old man came rolling home!
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense (2001)
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Hilary Knight’s the Owl and the Pussy-Cat (2001)
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat.
Author(s):
Douglas Colby
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets (2009)
Selections from Lear, mainly nonsense alphabets and botany.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrations of the Family Psittacidae, or Parrots (2010)
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Are You a Cow? (2013)
A clever chicken narrates a playful inquiry in this charming and hilarious story perfect for Boynton fans new and old.
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
Edward Lear’s Alphabet of Nonsense (2013)
This is a facsimile of the 1862 original.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear