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Poetry - Humorous Genre
Books in the Poetry - Humorous genre:
The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear (1951)
An omnibus including five books: A Book of Nonsense, Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets, More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, &c., and Laughable Lyrics and Nonsense Songs and Stories.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
The Magic Circle: Stories and People in Poetry (1952)
A collection of poems which tell a story.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Beth Krush
Joe Krush
Bring on the Girls (1953)
Plum (lyrics) and Guy (book) reminisce about their years as kings of Broadway musical comedy.
Author(s):
Guy Bolton
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Paul Bacon
Bring on the Girls (1953)
Plum (lyrics) and Guy (book) reminisce about their years as kings of Broadway musical comedy. This is a somewhat revised edition of the first American Simon and Schuster edition of 1953.
Author(s):
Guy Bolton
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
The Children’s Hour Volume 4 (1953)
The Children’s Hour Volume 7 (1953)
A collection of mysteries, classic and contemporary.
Read online at archive.org.
The Collected Poems of Freddy the Pig (1953)
Here they are, the collected poems of Freddy the pig poet. Now you can read all the poems about the features in one place.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Peacock Pie a Book of Rhymes (1953)
A collection of poems. This is a larger format than the 1946 printing.
Author(s):
Walter de la Mare
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Scrambled Eggs Super! (1953)
Teapots and Quails, and Other New Nonsense (1953)
New nonsense from the master, taken from his unpublished works.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
All Day Long: An Anthology of Poetry for Children (1954)
A poetry anthology for children.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Joan Hassall
Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
A person’s a person, no matter how small.
Read online at archive.org.
On Beyond Zebra! (1955)
The Duck and the Kangaroo (1956)
This is a facsimile of an autograph in the Harvard Library Lear collection.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Farm Stories (1956)
Fifty stories about farm activities with 100 color illustrations by Tenggren. This version may only have forty stories.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
If I Ran the Circus (1956)
Best in Children’s Books Volume 3 (1957)
Author(s):
Hans Christian Andersen
Marguerite de Angeli
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
Paul Galdone
Leonard Weisgard
Oddity Land (1957)
A collection of nonsense verse.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Edward Anthony
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Prefabulous Animiles (1957)
A collection of poems about fabulous animals.
Read online at archive.org.
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