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Poetry - Ballads Genre

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Books in the Poetry - Ballads genre:

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear (1993)

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around.

A classic action rhyme.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1993)

The sequel to the most famous and popular fantasy novel in English. This edition was reproduced from new proofs taken from the original wood blocks of the illustrations. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s): John Tenniel

Big Bear’s Treasury Volume Three (1994)

A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators.

Author(s): Antonia Barber
Various
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley
Et al

Complete Poems for Children (1994)

An augmented compilation including The Wandering Moon, The Blackbird in the Lilac, Prefabulous Animiles, Ragged Robin, More Prefabuous Animiles, Additional Poems, and The Story of Jackie Thimble.... View More

Author(s): James Reeves
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

John Speirs’ Margaret Wise Brown Treasury (1994)

A collection of fourteen classic stories and poems.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): John Speirs

Sleep, Baby, Sleep (1994)

A collection of going-to-sleep songs and poems.

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Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

The Walloping Window-Blind (1994)

A rollicking, nonsensical sea shanty.

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Author(s): Charles E. Carryl
Illustrator(s): Jim LaMarche

Big Bear’s Treasury Volume Four (1995)

A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators.

Author(s): Paul Manning
Et al
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley
Et al

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat and Other Nonsense Poems (1995)

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat. Here they are accompanied by many of the delightful Lear Limericks and some of the longer nonsense poems.

Author(s): Edward Lear
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

With One White Wing: Puzzles in Poems and Pictures (1995)

A collection of clever original riddles in rhyme.

Author(s): Elizabeth Spires
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Wagons West! (1996)

Pioneers head west to the Oregon territory by wagon train.

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Author(s): Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s): Roy Gerrard

Yankee Doodle (1996)

The Revolutionary War anthem.

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Author(s): Edward Bangs
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Hurry, Hurry, Mary Dear (1998)

Mary prepares for winter as her husband naps in his study.

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Author(s): N. M. Bodecker
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

The Roman Twins (1998)

A pair of Roman twins escape from slavery with their master’s horse Polydox and go on to rescue Rome from the Ostrogoths. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s): Roy Gerrard

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1999)

A contemporary Alice by an award-winning illustrator.

Author(s): Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s): Helen Oxenbury

Greenaway Medal
Greenaway Medal - 1999

A Child’s Calendar (1999)

A poem for every month of the year.

Author(s): John Updike
Illustrator(s): Trina Schart Hyman

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 2000

Madeline in America and Other Holiday Tales (1999)

Includes Madeline in America, The Count and the Cobbler: A Bemelmans Christmas Memory and Sunshine. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Madeline in Texas (1999)

A special edition of Madeline in America sold by Neiman-Marcus. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Riddle Road: Puzzles in Poems and Pictures (1999)

A collection of riddles.

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Author(s): Elizabeth Spires
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Around My Room (2000)

Twenty-nine poems for young listeners.

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Author(s): William Jay Smith
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

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