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Nonsense Genre
Books in the Nonsense genre:
The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits (1976)
The Bellman, the Baker and their friends go in pursuit of the elusive Snark and, unfortunately, find one -- it’s a Boojum you see.
Author(s):
Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s):
Quentin Blake
Hurry, Hurry, Mary Dear and Other Nonsense Poems (1976)
A collection of nonsense poems illustrated by the author.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
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
Nonsense Rhymes (1988)
This collection of nonsense verses was originally published as As I Was Going Up and Down.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Mervyn Peake
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 Owl and the Pussycat (1991)
The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea,
In a beautiful pea green boat.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Helen Cooper
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1992)
Author(s):
Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s):
John Tenniel
The Trouble with Uncle (1992)
Author(s):
Babette Cole
Illustrator(s):
Babette Cole