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Poetry - Ballads Genre

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The Collected Poems of Freddy the Pig (1953)

Here they are, the collected poems of Freddy the pig poet. Now you can read all the poems about the features in one place.

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

Daddies (1953)

While children are playing their daddies are working to make sure there is food on the table, clothes to wear and a roof over their heads. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Janet Frank
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

The Giant Golden Book of Cat Stories (1953)

A collection of thirty-five stories and poems about cats.

Author(s): Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

The Giant Golden Book of Dog Stories (1953)

Thirty-one original stories and poems about dogs.

Author(s): Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Madeline’s Rescue (1953)

Madeline falls in the Seine and is rescued by Miss Genevieve, a dog.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s): Ludwig Bemelmans

Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal - 1954
Caldecott Medal
Junior Literary Guild - 1953

On a Summer Day (1953)

A poem and pictures of the joys of summer.

Read online at archive.org

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

Peacock Pie a Book of Rhymes (1953)

A collection of poems. This is a larger format than the 1946 printing.

Author(s): Walter de la Mare
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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New nonsense from the master, taken from his unpublished works.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

All Day Long: An Anthology of Poetry for Children (1954)

A poetry anthology for children.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Joan Hassall

Freddy and the Men from Mars (1954)

When Freddy hears that Herb Garble claims to have captured six Martians, he smells a rat - and the real Martians agree with him. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Horse Stories (1954)

Stories and poems about horses.

Songs of Mr. Small (1954)

Twenty-one songs of Mr. Small.

Author(s): Clyde Robert Bulla
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Frog Went A-Courtin’ (1955)

Frog went a-courtin’, he did ride
Sword and pistol by his side.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): John Langstaff
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal - 1956

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

Farm Stories (1956)

Fifty stories about farm activities with 100 color illustrations by Tenggren. This version may only have forty stories.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

Freddy and Simon the Dictator (1956)

Simon the rat with the assistance of the all-around scoundrel Herb Garble foments an animal revolt, but Freddy and his friends with the assistance of the loyal dogs are on top of it.

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

Madeline and the Bad Hat (1956)

When Pepito the Spanish ambassador’s son moves in next door he disrupts the lives of the orphelines. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s): Ludwig Bemelmans

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