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Poetry - Ballads Genre
Books in the Poetry - Ballads genre:
The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children (1933)
This more fully illustrated edition was first published in Britain in 1932 and includes many new poems.
Author(s):
Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s):
Gwen Raverat
The Cricket in the Cage (1933)
This collection of verses originally appeared serially in Punch.
Author(s):
Patrick R. Chalmers
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Branches Green (1934)
A collection of nature poems for children.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Rachel Field
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1934)
The story of the piper who was not paid and took his revenge on the children of the town.
Author(s):
Robert Browning
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Johnny Crow’s New Garden (1935)
Further verse adventures with Mr. Crow as he shows his friends his new garden.
Author(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
Nonsense Songs & Laughable Lyrics (1935)
There were several versions of this collection which includes ‘The Scroobius Pip’ and ‘The Little Mouse.’
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
The Poet’s Craft (1935)
An anthology of favorite poems.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Helen Fern Daringer
Anne Thaxter Eaton
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
The Seventh Daughter (1935)
A book of elegant and amusing poems.
Author(s):
Barbara Euphan Todd
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Sung Under the Silver Umbrella (1935)
An anthology of poems.
Read online at archive.org.
A Very Little Child’s Book of Stories (1935)
A collection of stories, old and new and poems for very young children. This reprint had several different covers, and was also available in a box.
Author(s):
Ada M. Skinner
Eleanor L. Skinner
Illustrator(s):
Jessie Willcox Smith
With Harp and Lute (1935)
A collection of poems and songs on Catholic themes.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Blanche Jennings Thompson
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Great Kipling Stories Together with a Life of Rudyard Kipling (1936)
A selection of Rudyard Kipling’s greatest short stories and poems.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Story of Freginald (1936)
Freginald joins the Boomschmidt Circus and meets fellow poet Freddy the pig. Together they solve a mystery and save the Circus.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Their Weight in Wildcats (1936)
A collection of tales about the heroes of the American frontier taken from original sources, including Mike Fink, Daniel Boone and John Henry.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Children’s Year (1937)
Verses and pictures of year-round activities.
Christmas: An American Annual of Christmas Literature and Art Volume Seven (1937)
Pictures and stories centered around Christmas. Includes ‘How Christmas Came to Blueberry Corners’ by Lois Lenski.
Author(s):
Selma Lagerlöf
Lois Lenski
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Et al
The Clockwork Twin (1937)
Uncle Ben builds a clockwork boy so Adoniram will have a playmate, but Freddy discovers a real twin.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Kurt Wiese
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
I Hear America Singing (1937)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
A Visit from St. Nicholas (1937)
A Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
Author(s):
Clement C. Moore
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know (1938)
A selection of stories and poems by Rudyard Kipling for younger readers.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Charles Livingston Bull
Kurt Wiese
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