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Poetry - Humorous Genre
Books in the Poetry - Humorous genre:
Under the Tree (1930)
A collection of poems for children. This is the second, enlaraged, illustrated, edition.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Madox Roberts
Illustrator(s):
F. D. Bedford
Christmas Poems (1931)
A collection of poems centered on Christmas.
Author(s):
John Drinkwater
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Hilarie Belloc’s Cautionary Verses (1931)
The complete collection of humorous verses by the English master.
Author(s):
Hilaire Belloc
Illustrator(s):
Nicolas Bentley
Basil T. Blackwood
The Christopher Robin Verses (1932)
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems (1932)
A selection of poems by a famous Black American poet.
Author(s):
Langston Hughes
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Sycamore Square (1932)
A book of verses which were originally published in Punch.
Author(s):
Jan Struther
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children (1933)
This more fully illustrated edition was first published in Britain in 1932 and includes many new poems.
Author(s):
Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s):
Gwen Raverat
The Cricket in the Cage (1933)
This collection of verses originally appeared serially in Punch.
Author(s):
Patrick R. Chalmers
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Johnny Crow’s New Garden (1935)
Further verse adventures with Mr. Crow as he shows his friends his new garden.
Author(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
Nonsense Songs & Laughable Lyrics (1935)
There were several versions of this collection which includes ‘The Scroobius Pip’ and ‘The Little Mouse.’
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
The Poet’s Craft (1935)
An anthology of favorite poems.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Helen Fern Daringer
Anne Thaxter Eaton
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
The Seventh Daughter (1935)
A book of elegant and amusing poems.
Author(s):
Barbara Euphan Todd
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Sung Under the Silver Umbrella (1935)
An anthology of poems.
Read online at archive.org.
A Very Little Child’s Book of Stories (1935)
A collection of stories, old and new and poems for very young children. This reprint had several different covers, and was also available in a box.
Author(s):
Ada M. Skinner
Eleanor L. Skinner
Illustrator(s):
Jessie Willcox Smith
Jonathan Bing Does Arithmetic (1936)
Author(s):
Beatrice Curtis Brown
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
More About Jonathan Bing (1936)
Author(s):
Beatrice Curtis Brown
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
I Hear America Singing (1937)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Under the Tent of the Sky (1937)
This is a collection of poems about animals, large and small.
Author(s):
John E. Brewton
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Story Parade (1938)
A collection of stories and poems from Story Parade magazine.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Ruth Sawyer
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Illustrator(s):
Richard Bennett
Vera Bock
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Kurt Wiese
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