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Poetry - Ballads Genre
Books in the Poetry - Ballads genre:
Horses and Their Friends (1962)
A collection of stories and poems about horses, dogs and cats.
Author(s):
Kate Barnes
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Mrs. Malone (1962)
In this narrative poem, Mrs. Malone shelters the animals of the forest, and is in turn sheltered by St. Peter.
Author(s):
Eleanor Farjeon
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
A Ring of Bells (1962)
A collection of poems by the British poet laureate.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
John Betjeman
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Amigo (1963)
Francisco tames a prairie dog, and Amigo tames a little boy.
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Author(s):
Byrd Baylor Schweitzer
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Christmas Nutshell Library (1963)
Four tiny books in a colorful box.
Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
A Christmas Stocking Story (1963)
The animals’ stockings get mixed up in the wash and Santa has to fill them in the dark, but on Christmas day they manage to sort things out.
Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Cricket in a Thicket (1963)
A collection of nature poems.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Aileen Fisher
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Dog and Cat Book (1963)
Stories and poems about dogs and cats.
Author(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
A Firefly in a Fir Tree (1963)
A mouse twelve days of Christmas.
Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Night Before Christmas (1963)
T’was the night before Christmas,
When all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring,
Not even a mouse.
Author(s):
Clement C. Moore
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
A Year Is a Window (1963)
A book about the months of the year with poems, flowers and birthstones. Pictures were originally used for the Woman’s Day Magazine calendar.
Author(s):
Richard Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Alicia in Terra Mirabili (1964)
A Latin translation of the most famous and popular fantasy novel in English.
Author(s):
Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s):
John Tenniel
Lizzie’s Twins (1964)
Lizzie has twin dolls, but one is her favorite.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Doris Adelberg
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Story of Jackie Thimble (1964)
Little Jackie Thimble gets stuck in a post box and sings for his supper.
Author(s):
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Tall Book of Let’s Pretend: Rhymes and Stories Old and New (1964)
An anthology of stories and poems.
Author(s):
James Reeves
Alison Uttley
Various
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Walt Whitman’s America (1964)
Selections from Leaves of Grass and other works of the transcendentalist, realist, humanist prose poet.
Author(s):
Walt Whitman
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
ABC: Penned & Illustrated by Edward Lear, Himself (1965)
Another previously unpublished alphabet.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
The Animal Garden (1965)
Roy and Joy would like a pet, but their parents are allergic - until Abidan Allseed gives them some vegetable pets.
Author(s):
Ogden Nash
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
A Child’s Calendar (1965)
A poem for each month of the year.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
John Updike
Illustrator(s):
Nancy Ekholm Burkert
The Dirty Old Man: A Lay of Leadenhall (1965)
A poem about a reclusive hardware store owner who may have served as a model for Great Expectations.
Author(s):
William Allingham
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad