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Poetry - Miscellaneous Genre
Books in the Poetry - Miscellaneous genre:
Under the Sun (1964)
Stories, poems, articles from 'Elizabethan' and other sources.
Author(s):
Patricia Campbell
John Verney
Illustrator(s):
Various
The Truants and other Poems for Children (1965)
A collection of poems concerning, among others, school, the sea shore and pets.
Author(s):
John Walsh
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Whispering Rabbit, and Other Stories (1965)
Includes The Whispering Rabbit, Scupper’s Song, The Friendly Book, The Golden Egg Book and poems.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Lilian Obligado
Garth Williams
Autumn Tales (1967)
Seventy-six short stories and poems.
Author(s):
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Here and There: One Hundred Poems about Places (1967)
An anthology of poems dealing with places, both real and imaginary.
Author(s):
Elinor Parker
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Music Master (1967)
This is a beautiful and poetic book that will appeal to anyone who loves literature, music, and romance.
Author(s):
William Allingham
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Hughes
John Everett Millais
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Do You Remember What Happened (1969)
Short poetical essays on the experience of childhood.
Author(s):
Jean Chapman
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Peacock Pie a Book of Rhymes (1969)
This is a revised and enlarged edition of a very popular collection of poems first published in 1913.
Author(s):
Walter de la Mare
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Isle of Gramarye (1970)
An anthology of the poetry of magic.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1971)
An English poem about a sailor who recounts the terrible fate that befell his ship when he shot down an albatross.
Author(s):
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
Rojankovsky’s Wonderful Picture Book (1972)
A collection of some of Rojankovsky’s best illustrations from the Golden Books.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Georges Duplaix
Phyllis McGinley
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Complete Poems for Children (1973)
Author(s):
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
More Prefabulous Animiles (1975)
Poems about fantastical animals.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
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
Stories and Poems for the Young (1977)
Author(s):
Bryna Untermeyer
Louis Untermeyer
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
A Child’s Garden of Verses (1978)
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Carrie Hepple’s Garden (1979)
Author(s):
Ruth Craft
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
Broomsticks and Beasticles (1981)
A collection of stories and poems about mythical beasts and other creatures.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
John Patience
Please Mrs Butler (1983)
This is a children’s poem. It is a conversation between a student and their teacher.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Fritz Wenger
Love & the Merry-Go-Round (1988)
This is an anthology of modern poetry for children.
Author(s):
Rosemary Harris
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Side by Side: Poems to Read Together (1988)
A diverse collection of poems.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Lee Bennett Hopkins
Various
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Big Red Barn (1989)
The farm animals live in the big red barn.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Felicia Bond
Heard it in the Playground (1989)
Collection of poems for children.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Fritz Wenger
Happy Birthday (1991)
A collection of poems on the topic of birthdays.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Mysteries of Zigomar (1997)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
John Lawrence
Richard Scarry’s A Story a Day: 366 Original Stories and Poems (1998)
A reprint of this early collection of stories and poems.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Michael Hague’s Magical World of Unicorns (1999)
A collection of unicorn paintings with short poems and quotations.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Children’s Book of Faith (2000)
A collection of stories from the bible, biographies, poems and prayers.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Friendly Matches (2001)
This is a collection of football poems covering a range of different aspects of the game. For example, referees, team talk, the 1966 World Cup, all written in different verse forms.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Fritz Wenger
Give Yourself to the Rain, Poems for the Very Young (2001)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Teri L. Weidner
Love Songs of the Little Bear (2001)
Four poems by a famous writer, illustrated by a famous artist.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
Mouse of My Heart (2001)
An anthology of previously published and unpublished work.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Loretta Krupinski
Sheep Don’t Count Sheep (2003)
A lamb has difficulty falling asleep so he counts …
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Benrei Huang
Where Fairies Dance (2004)
A collection of poems about fairies.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Animal Friends: A Collection of Poems for Children (2007)
A collection of poems chiefly about animals.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Everybody was a Baby Once; and Other Poems (2010)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Bruce Ingman
Far Away Across the Sea (2012)
Author(s):
Toon Tellegen
Illustrator(s):
Jessica Ahlberg
Sleep Tight, Sleepy Bears (2012)
Another lullaby from the archives.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Julie Clay
Away in My Airplane (2013)
A poetical flight through the air.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Henry Fisher
Bring on the Girls (2014)
Plum (lyrics) and Guy (book) reminisce about their years as kings of Broadway musical comedy. This is the revised text from the 1954 Herbert Jenkins, Ltd. edition.
Author(s):
Guy Bolton
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
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