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Nonsense Genre
Books in the Nonsense genre:
The Complete Collection of Randolph Caldecott’s Pictures and Songs (1887)
All the picture books in one volume.
Author(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
The Turtle Dove’s Nest and Other Nursery Rhymes (1890)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
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Nonsense Songs and Stories (1894)
This is a collection of longer poems and stories from the four nonsense books with a few additions. It does not include the limericks.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Mother Hubbard (1898)
Author(s):
Sarah Catherine Martin
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Our Brownie's ABC (1898)
A Brownie ABC in color interspersed with humorous animal tales in verse. Read online at Baldwin Library.
Author(s):
Palmer Cox
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Cox
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
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1901)
Author(s):
Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s):
Peter Newell
Robert Murray Wright
Just So Stories (1902)
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Just So Stories (1902)
A collection of stories describing how the animals got the way they are -- each to be told ‘just so.’ Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (1902)
Author(s):
Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s):
Peter Newell
The Hunting of the Snark and Other Poems (1903)
Author(s):
Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s):
Peter Newell
Robert Murray Wright
Just So Stories for Little Children (1903)
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Rudyard Kipling
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
The Complete Nonsense Book (1912)
A complete compilation of Lear’s nonsense up to the time of publication. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
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
How the Five Rusty Rats Helped to Find a New Village (1922)
Author(s):
Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson