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Poetry - Humorous Genre
Books in the Poetry - Humorous genre:
Porridge Poetry (1924)
A collection of poems for children by the author of the Doctor Dolittle books.
Author(s):
Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s):
Hugh Lofting
The Torch: A Book of Poems for Boys (1924)
A poetry anthology.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Elizabeth Shippen Green
Howard Pyle
Et al
When We Were Very Young (1924)
A book of poems in which we first meet Christopher Robin and Edward Bear. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Flying Carpet (1925)
An anthology of leading authors and illustrators of the first part of the twentieth century.
The King’s Breakfast (1925)
Author(s):
H. Fraser-Simson
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Playtime & Company: A Book for Children (1925)
A book of verse for children.
Author(s):
E. V. Lucas
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Facsimile of a Nonsense Alphabet (1926)
This is a facsimile of a nonsense alphabet originally written in 1849. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 1 (1926)
Author(s):
Randolph Caldecott
William Cowper
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 4 (1926)
Author(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Fun and Fantasy (1927)
A collection of illustrations from Punch.Verses by E. V. Knox.
Author(s):
E. V. Knox
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Hither and Thither (1927)
Only the line drawing on the cover is by Shepard.
Author(s):
Barbara Euphan Todd
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Margaret W. Tarrant
Let’s Pretend (1927)
A book of poems for children.
Author(s):
Georgette Agnew
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets, etc. (1927)
Selections from Lear, mainly nonsense alphabets and botany.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Now We Are Six (1927)
More poems featuring Christopher Robin.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Alphabet People (1928)
An alphabet of rhymes about people in a child’s life such as ‘O is for Organ grinder.’
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Menagerie (1928)
Poems, mainly about animals.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Mary Britton Miller
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Chimney Corner Poems (1929)
A collection of famous poems for children.
Author(s):
G. K. Chesterton
Emily Dickinson
Ann Taylor
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Fireside Poems (1930)
A collection of poems for children.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
New Cautionary Tales for Children: Verses (1930)
The fifth collection of humorous verses by the English master in the tradition of Struwwelpeter.
Author(s):
Hilaire Belloc
Illustrator(s):
Nicolas Bentley
A Roundabout Turn (1930)
The toad goes for a ride on a merry-go-round.
Author(s):
Robert H. Charles
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke