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Poetry - Ballads Genre

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Books in the Poetry - Ballads genre:

Mr. Punch’s County Songs (1928)

A collection of verses of a humorous nature on the counties of England. The pieces originally appeared in Punch.

Author(s): E. V. Lucas
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Chimney Corner Poems (1929)

A collection of famous poems for children.

What’ll You Do When You Grow Up??? (1929)

Humorous verses explore possible careers.

Early Moon (1930)

A collection of poems by the Prairie Poet.

Author(s): Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1930

Fireside Poems (1930)

A collection of poems for children.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Lions and Tigers and Elephants Too (1930)

Polly visits the zoo and converses with the animals in rhyming couplets.

More To and Again (1930)

Freddy organizes a tour to visit Santa Claus at the North Pole and many adventures ensue, including the rescue of two children by the Bean farm animals and their friends. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

New Cautionary Tales for Children: Verses (1930)

The fifth collection of humorous verses by the English master in the tradition of Struwwelpeter.

Author(s): Hilaire Belloc
Illustrator(s): Nicolas Bentley

A Roundabout Turn (1930)

The toad goes for a ride on a merry-go-round.

Author(s): Robert H. Charles
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

Stars To-Night (1930)

A collection of poems for children. Some were previously published in Scribner’s Magazine, The Yale Review, Ladies’ Home Journal, and Poetry.

Author(s): Sara Teasdale
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

Under the Tree (1930)

A collection of poems for children. This is the second, enlaraged, illustrated, edition.

Author(s): Elizabeth Madox Roberts
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

Christmas Poems (1931)

A collection of poems centered on Christmas.

Author(s): John Drinkwater
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Hilarie Belloc’s Cautionary Verses (1931)

The complete collection of humorous verses by the English master.

The Night Before Christmas (1931)

’Twas the night before Christmas
and all through the house …

Author(s): Clement C. Moore
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

Wayside Flowers: Poems of the Out-of-Doors (1931)

A selection of Wordsworth’s poetry on the out-of-doors.

Author(s): William Wordsworth
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

The Christopher Robin Verses (1932)

An omnibus including the complete When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six with new color plates.... View More

Author(s): A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

The Dream Keeper and Other Poems (1932)

A selection of poems by a famous Black American poet.

Author(s): Langston Hughes
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

English Folk-Songs from the Southern Appalachians (1932)

This is a one-volume edition of a collection of English folk-songs brought to America by immigrants. It includes two hundred and seventy-four songs and ballads and nine hundred sixty-eight tunes.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): None

Freddy the Detective (1932)

Freddy discovers a talent for detective work and is soon on the case of the missing toy train.

Author(s): Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Sycamore Square (1932)

A book of verses which were originally published in Punch.

Author(s): Jan Struther
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

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