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Poetry - Lyric Genre
Books in the Poetry - Lyric genre:
The Library (1930)
A poetical digression on the joys of books.
Author(s):
George Crabbe
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Christmas Poems (1931)
A collection of poems centered on Christmas.
Author(s):
John Drinkwater
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
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
Goblin Market (1933)
The story of two sisters and a horde of goblins.
Author(s):
Christina Rosetti
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
The Seventh Daughter (1935)
A book of elegant and amusing poems.
Author(s):
Barbara Euphan Todd
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
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
The Children’s Year (1937)
Verses and pictures of year-round activities.
I Hear America Singing (1937)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Story Parade (1938)
A collection of stories and poems from Story Parade magazine.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Ruth Sawyer
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Richard Bennett
Vera Bock
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Wild Flower Rhymes (1942)
A small book of rhymes and pictures of wild flowers.
Author(s):
Powell Perry
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Farm Stories (1946)
Fifty stories about farm activities with 100 color illustrations by Tenggren.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Peacock Pie a Book of Rhymes (1946)
A collection of poems.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Walter de la Mare
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Christopher Robin’s Old Sailor and Other Selections from A.A. Milne (1947)
Stories and poems from the Winnie-the-Pooh corpus.
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Golden Sleepy Book (1948)
This is a collection of stories, poems and songs about sleep.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Christmas Treasure Book: Stories, Songs and Poems (1950)
An anthology of Christmas stories and poems featuring many of the Golden Book artists and writers.
Author(s):
Hilda Marx
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Tibor Gergely
Feodor Rojankovsky
Et al
Now We Are Six (1950)
More poems about Christopher Robin and his friends. This edition was reset and the illustrations re-engraved.
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Tall Book of Make-Believe (1950)
An anthology of poems and stories.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
When We Were Very Young (1950)
This book of poems, originally published in Punch, introduced Christopher Robin and Edward (Winnie-the-Pooh) Bear.
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Blackbird in the Lilac (1952)
A collection of poems for children.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Idylls of the King (1952)
A cycle of poems on Arthurian themes.
Author(s):
Alfred Tennyson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
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
Poems of Emily Dickinson (1952)
A generous selection from the work of the great American poet.
Author(s):
Emily Dickinson
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
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
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
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
The World of Christopher Robin (1958)
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Penny Fiddle: Poems for Children (1960)
A collection of poems for children.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Robert Graves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
When I Grow Up (1960)
A song for a boy and a song for a girl about what they might become when they grow up. A Read-and-Sing book.
Author(s):
Clyde Robert Bulla
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (1962)
Poems that shed further light on middle-earth.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Author! Author! (1962)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
None
The Flattered Flying Fish (1962)
A book of poems for children.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
E. V. Rieu
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
A Ring of Bells (1962)
A collection of poems by the British poet laureate.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
John Betjeman
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Amigo (1963)
Francisco tames a prairie dog, and Amigo tames a little boy.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Byrd Baylor Schweitzer
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Cricket in a Thicket (1963)
A collection of nature poems.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Aileen Fisher
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Under the Sun (1964)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles from Elizabethan magazine and other sources.
Author(s):
John Verney
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Quentin Blake
C. Walter Hodges
Ronald Searle
John Verney
Brian Wildsmith
Et al
The Tolkien Reader (1966)
This collection includes The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’s Son, Tree and Leaf, Farmer Giles of Ham and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Christopher Robin Book of Verse (1967)
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Here and There: One Hundred Poems about Places (1967)
An anthology of poems dealing with places, both real and imaginary.
Author(s):
Elinor Parker
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Peacock Pie a Book of Rhymes (1969)
This is a revised and enlarged edition of a very popular collection of poems first published in 1913.
Author(s):
Walter de la Mare
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
A Riot of Quiet (1969)
Author(s):
Virginia Sicotte
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Home from the Sea (1970)
A selection of poems by Robert Louis Stevenson for young readers.
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Isle of Gramarye (1970)
An anthology of the poetry of magic.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Complete Poems for Children (1973)
Author(s):
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Bilbo’s Last Song Poster (1974)
Bilbo Baggins’ farewell to Middle Earth.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Arcadian Ballads (1977)
A collection of poems based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
Author(s):
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast (1977)
Six stories and poems with a different illustrator for each on the subject of ‘impossible.’
Author(s):
Norma Farber
Illustrator(s):
And others
Tomie dePaola
Trina Schart Hyman
Hilary Knight
A Child’s Christmas in Wales (1978)
This prose poem ranks in the best poetry of the twentieth century. It should be heard first as read by the author, then memorized with the aid of this book.
Author(s):
Dylan Thomas
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Tales of Waybeyond (1979)
A collection of stories in verse about the animal inhabitants of the Village of Waybeyond.
Author(s):
Eileen Hunter
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Moments: Poems About the Seasons (1980)
A selection of poems about the seasons.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Poems and Stories (1980)
This collection includes the fairy stories as well as many of the poems.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
I Can Fly (1981)
A little boy and a little girl can be anything they can imagine.
Author(s):
Ruth Krauss
Illustrator(s):
Jan Brett
The Song of the Three Holy Children (1986)
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego praise the Lord God for their deliverance from the fiery furnace of King Nebuchadnezzar.
Author(s):
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Land of Nod (1988)
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Love & the Merry-Go-Round (1988)
This is an anthology of modern poetry for children.
Author(s):
Rosemary Harris
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Mighty Slide (1988)
’The snow has fallen in the night.
The temperature’s exactly right
The playground’s ready, white and wide;
Just waiting for the mighty slide.’
and four other epic poems.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Charlotte Voake
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 Hugs (1989)
Short poems about bears.
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Author(s):
Kathleen Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Beneath a Blue Umbrella (1990)
Author(s):
Jack Prelutsky
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Bilbo’s Last Song (1990)
Bilbo Baggins bids good-bye to Middle Earth.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
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 Animals (1992)
Author(s):
Michio Mado
Illustrator(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (1992)
Author(s):
Jane Taylor
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
John Speirs’ Margaret Wise Brown Treasury (1994)
A collection of fourteen classic stories and poems.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
John Speirs
Sleep, Baby, Sleep (1994)
A collection of going-to-sleep songs and poems.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Little Donkey Close Your Eyes (1995)
Another going-to-bed book from the master of the genre.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Ashley Wolff
Michael Hague’s Family Christmas Treasury (1995)
An anthology of biblical texts, poems and stories.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Michael Hague’s Family Easter Treasury (1999)
An anthology of biblical texts, poems and stories.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
A Child Is Born (2000)
A poetic description of the Nativity.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Floyd Cooper
The Children’s Book of Faith (2000)
A collection of stories from the bible, biographies, poems and prayers.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
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
Where Fairies Dance (2004)
A collection of poems about fairies.
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Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Animal Friends: A Collection of Poems for Children (2007)
A collection of poems chiefly about animals.
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Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Collected Poems (2008)
Poems that really are poetry.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Charlotte Voake
Snowflakes Fall (2013)
A meditation on snowflakes -- and children.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Patricia MacLachlan
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
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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