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Poetry - Ballads Genre
Books in the Poetry - Ballads genre:
Lear in the Original (1975)
A collection of original artwork for the Nonsense books, with a few miscellaneous sketches.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
The Maggie B (1975)
Margaret wants to sail for a day in a boat named for her with someone nice for company.
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Author(s):
Irene Haas
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
More Prefabulous Animiles (1975)
Poems about fantastical animals.
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Author(s):
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Hurry, Hurry, Mary Dear and Other Nonsense Poems (1976)
A collection of nonsense poems illustrated by the author.
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Author(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Kate Greenaway Book (1976)
A selection from the works of the great nineteenth century children’s author and illustrator.
Author(s):
Robert Browning
Kate Greenaway
Bret Harte
Illustrator(s):
Kate Greenaway
Steven Kellogg’s Yankee Doodle (1976)
The famous Revolutionary War song.
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Author(s):
Edward Bangs
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Tyger Voyage (1976)
Two tiger brothers set out on a voyage around the world and have many adventures before they come home again.
Author(s):
Richard Adams
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Blueberries Lavender: Songs of the Farmers’ Children (1977)
A collection of poems about life on the farm.
Author(s):
Nancy Dingman Watson
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Burnie’s Hill (1977)
Where is the Brown Bull?
Back of Burnie’s Hill.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Charlie Chumbles (1977)
The story of a musical mouse.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
Frank Francis
Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast (1977)
Six stories and poems with a different illustrator for each on the subject of ‘impossible.’
Author(s):
Norma Farber
Illustrator(s):
And others
Tomie dePaola
Trina Schart Hyman
Hilary Knight
Three Centuries of Nursery Rhymes and Poetry for Children (1977)
This is a revised and expanded edition of an exhibition catalog.
Author(s):
Iona Opie
Peter Opie
Illustrator(s):
Various
A Child’s Christmas in Wales (1978)
This prose poem ranks in the best poetry of the twentieth century. It should be heard first as read by the author, then memorized with the aid of this book.
Author(s):
Dylan Thomas
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Each Peach Pear Plum (1978)
A game of I Spy with favorite nursery characters.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
This Little Pig-A-Wig and Other Rhymes About Pigs (1978)
A collection of poems about pigs.
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Author(s):
Lenore Blegvad
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
In Fairyland (1979)
Author(s):
William Allingham
Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Tales of Waybeyond (1979)
A collection of stories in verse about the animal inhabitants of the Village of Waybeyond.
Author(s):
Eileen Hunter
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Poems and Stories (1980)
This collection includes the fairy stories as well as many of the poems.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Broomsticks and Beasticles (1981)
A collection of stories and poems about mythical beasts and other creatures.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
John Patience
Hilary Knight’s The Twelve Days of Christmas (1981)
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me …
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Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight