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Poetry - Humorous Genre
Books in the Poetry - Humorous genre:
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
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.
Read online at archive.org.
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.
Read online at archive.org.
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.
Read online at archive.org.
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.
Read online at archive.org.
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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