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Poetry - Humorous Genre
Books in the Poetry - Humorous genre:
Prefabulous Animiles (1957)
A collection of poems about fabulous animals.
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Author(s):
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Wandering Moon (1957)
A collection of poetry for children.
Author(s):
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Best in Children’s Books Volume 38 (1960)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
The Penny Fiddle: Poems for Children (1960)
A collection of poems for children.
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Author(s):
Robert Graves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Best in Children’s Books Volume 41 (1961)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
Now We Are Six (1961)
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Owl and the Pussy Cat (1961)
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat set out to sea with some honey and plenty of money, but where is the ring and the runcible spoon?
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
A Ring of Bells (1962)
A collection of poems by the British poet laureate.
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Author(s):
John Betjeman
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
A Capital Ship or the Walloping Window-Blind (1963)
Nonsense verse on a nautical theme.
Author(s):
Charles E. Carryl
Illustrator(s):
Paul Galdone
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.
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Author(s):
Aileen Fisher
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
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
The Tolkien Reader (1966)
This collection includes The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’s Son, Tree and Leaf, Farmer Giles of Ham and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
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
Brave Johnny O’Hare (1969)
Brave Johnny O’Hare is a little Australian boy who is not afraid of anything, even the Bunyip, until one night …
Author(s):
Eleanor B. Heady
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
A Child’s Book of Natural History (1969)
This is a collection of humorous verse about members of the animal kingdom.
Author(s):
Margaret Fishback
Oliver Herford
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
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
A Riot of Quiet (1969)
Author(s):
Virginia Sicotte
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Digging for China (1970)
A little boy decides to dig a hole to China. Beautifully illustrated by William Pène du Bois.
Author(s):
Richard Wilbur
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
The Isle of Gramarye (1970)
An anthology of the poetry of magic.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Complete Poems for Children (1973)
Author(s):
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
There was an Old Woman (1974)
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
More Prefabulous Animiles (1975)
Poems about fantastical animals.
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Author(s):
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Yak, the Python and the Frog (1975)
Some little-known facts are revealed that will be useful for those thinking of choosing an exotic pet.
Author(s):
Hilaire Belloc
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
I’ll Tell You a Tale (1976)
A collection of poems and ballads for children.
Author(s):
Ian Serraillier
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
Steven Kellogg’s Yankee Doodle (1976)
The famous Revolutionary War song.
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Author(s):
Edward Bangs
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
One Old Oxford Ox (1977)
A tongue-twisting counting rhyme.
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Author(s):
Nicola Bayley
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
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
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
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
But not the Hippopotamus (1982)
Should she stay? Should she go?
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
Never Take a Pig to Lunch (1982)
A collection of humorous poems about animals.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Hilary Knight’s the Owl and the Pussy-Cat (1983)
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
A, My Name is Alice (1984)
An alphabet jump rope jingle with animals from Alice ape to …
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Author(s):
Jane E. Bayer
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Numbears (1984)
Teddy bears introduce the numbers from one to twelve.
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Author(s):
Kathleen Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Rent-a-Robot (1984)
A ‘Daisychain’ featuring six robots with verses.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Janet Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz
As I Was Going Up and Down (1985)
A collection of nonsense nursery rhymes with detailed, colorful and humorous paintings.
Author(s):
Nicola Bayley
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Ride a Purple Pelican (1986)
Author(s):
Jack Prelutsky
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Love & the Merry-Go-Round (1988)
This is an anthology of modern poetry for children.
Author(s):
Rosemary Harris
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Mighty Slide (1988)
’The snow has fallen in the night.
The temperature’s exactly right
The playground’s ready, white and wide;
Just waiting for the mighty slide.’
and four other epic poems.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Charlotte Voake
Side by Side: Poems to Read Together (1988)
A diverse collection of poems.
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Author(s):
Lee Bennett Hopkins
Various
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Bear in Mind. A Book of Bear Poems (1989)
This is a collection, informational, humorous and lyrical, about bears.
Author(s):
Bobbye S. Goldstein
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
Heard it in the Playground (1989)
Collection of poems for children.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Fritz Wenger
Beneath a Blue Umbrella (1990)
Author(s):
Jack Prelutsky
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Engelbert the Elephant (1990)
Author(s):
Tom Paxton
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Happy Birthday (1991)
A collection of poems on the topic of birthdays.
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Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Owl and the Pussycat (1991)
The Owl and the Pussycat put to sea again, with honey and money and a runcible spoon.
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Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Jan Brett
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
Snuffles and Snouts: Poems (1995)
A collection of Pig Poems illustrated by Steven Kellogg.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Night Before Christmas (1998)
’Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
Author(s):
Clement C. Moore
Illustrator(s):
Jan Brett
Give the Dog a Bone (2000)
Nick-nack paddywhack, give the dog a bone, this old man came rolling home!
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Hilary Knight’s the Owl and the Pussy-Cat (2001)
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat.
Author(s):
Douglas Colby
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Big Bear Ball (2002)
The bears dance by the light of the moon.
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Author(s):
Joanne Ryder
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Clorinda (2003)
Clorinda the cow takes to the dance. The results are not quite what you might think.
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Author(s):
Robert Kinerk
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Book of Fairy Poetry (2004)
An anthology of poetry dealing with fairies and their dealings with men.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Animal Friends: A Collection of Poems for Children (2007)
A collection of poems chiefly about animals.
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Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Collected Poems (2008)
Poems that really are poetry.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Charlotte Voake
Everybody was a Baby Once; and Other Poems (2010)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Bruce Ingman
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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