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Poetry - Humorous Genre
Books in the Poetry - Humorous genre:
The Brownies: Their Book (1887)
The Brownies are Scots fairies whose exploits are told in rhyme. Read online at Baldwin Library.
Author(s):
Palmer Cox
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Cox
Another Brownie Book (1890)
The adventures of the Scots sprites continue as chronicled in picture and rhyme. Read online at Baldwin Library.
Author(s):
Palmer Cox
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Cox
Palmer Cox's Funny Animals (1890)
A collection of illustrated humorous verse. Read online at Baldwin Library.
Author(s):
Palmer Cox
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Cox
Clara Powers Wilson
The Turtle Dove’s Nest and Other Nursery Rhymes (1890)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Et al
The Brownies at Home (1893)
Author(s):
Palmer Cox
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Cox
Humorous Poems (1893)
A collection of humorous poems. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Thomas Hood
Illustrator(s):
C. E. Brock
The Brownies Around the World (1894)
Author(s):
Palmer Cox
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Cox
Lullaby Land, Songs of Childhood (1894)
Author(s):
Eugene Field
Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s):
Charles Robinson
Nonsense Songs and Stories (1894)
This is a collection of longer poems and stories from the four nonsense books with a few additions. It does not include the limericks.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
The Brownies Through the Union (1895)
Author(s):
Palmer Cox
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Cox
A Child’s Garden of Verses (1895)
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Charles Robinson
The Bad Child’s Book of Beasts: Verses (1896)
Author(s):
Hilaire Belloc
Illustrator(s):
Basil T. Blackwood
A Book of Verses for Children (1897)
A collection of poetry for children - best read aloud. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Edward Verrall Lucas
Illustrator(s):
F. D. Bedford
More Beasts (for Worse Children): Verses (1897)
Author(s):
Hilaire Belloc
Illustrator(s):
Basil T. Blackwood
Mother Hubbard Her Picture Book (1897)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Our Brownie's ABC (1898)
A Brownie ABC in color interspersed with humorous animal tales in verse. Read online at Baldwin Library.
Author(s):
Palmer Cox
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Cox
A Moral Alphabet (In Words of from One to Seven Syllables) (1899)
Author(s):
Hilaire Belloc
Illustrator(s):
Basil T. Blackwood
The Pelican Chorus and Other Verses (1899)
A collection of nonsense poems. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
The Jumblies and Other Nonsense Verses (1900)
A collection of nonsense verse. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
Mother Goose for Grown-Ups (1900)
Guy Wetmore Carryl’s gift for comic verse shines in these reworkings of familiar Mother Goose rhymes. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Guy Wetmore Carryl
Illustrator(s):
Peter Newell
Gustave Verbeek