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British Genre
Books in the British genre:
Nonsense Songs and Stories (1984)
This is a facsimile of the 1895 edition. It is a collection of poems and stories from the four nonsense books with a few additions.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Parrot Cat (1984)
A cat imagines what it would be like to live in the jungle as a parrot.
Author(s):
Nicola Bayley
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Playmates: Slot Book (1984)
Cutouts move in various slots.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Polar Bear Cat (1984)
A cat dreams of being a polar bear.
Author(s):
Nicola Bayley
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Rent-a-Robot (1984)
A ‘Daisychain’ featuring six robots with verses.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Janet Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz
Sir Agravaine (1984)
A story that originally appeared in The Man Upstairs in 1914. The story of how an unsightly knight found true love.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Rodger McPhail
Sir Cedric (1984)
Sir Cedric sets out on a quest, rescues a fair princess and defeats a villainous knight.
Author(s):
Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard
The World of Wodehouse Clergy (1984)
A collection of short stories and chapters starring Wodehouse’s clergymen.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
David Pether
Yum Yum: Slot Book (1984)
The characters in this book are hungry. Feed them by putting the cutouts into the slots.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
The Adventures of Tim (1985)
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
As I Was Going Up and Down (1985)
A collection of nonsense nursery rhymes with detailed, colorful and humorous paintings.
Author(s):
Nicola Bayley
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Edward Lear 1812-1888 (1985)
This is the catalog to accompany an exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts. It includes an extensive bibliography. There is a generous selection of Lear’s drawings and paintings.
Author(s):
Vivien Noakes
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
One True Santa (1985)
Six Santas in a ‘Daisy Chain,’ but only one is the real Santa.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
The Story of Holly and Ivy (1985)
An orphan girl goes to see her ‘grandmother in Appleton’ on Christmas eve, while a doll in a toy shop waits for a child to claim her.
Author(s):
Rumer Godden
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
A Wodehouse Bestiary (1985)
A collection of short stories on the theme of animals, domestic and wild.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
All in a Day (1986)
Author(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Et al
The Church Mice Chronicles (1986)
This omnibus includes the first three adventures of Sampson the vestry cat and the church mice: The Church Mouse, The Church Cat Abroad and The Church Mice and the Moon.
Author(s):
Graham Oakley
Illustrator(s):
Graham Oakley
The Cinderella Show (1986)
Town End Primary School puts on a school play.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
The Clicking of Cuthbert: Golf is the Game (1986)
A short story first published in Golf Without Tears (The Clicking of Cuthbert).
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Étienne Delessert
The Dark Is Rising (1986)
Author(s):
Susan Cooper
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner