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Books in the Humorous genre:

Little Orvie (1934)

The doings of a small boy in mid-century middle America.

Author(s): Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s): George Brehm

P. G. Wodehouse (1934)

A volume in the series Methuen’s Library of Humour containing seven short stories or book chapters by the Master.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Hendy

Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)

Aunt Dahlia, Gussie Fink-Nottle, Madeline Bassett, Tuppy Glossop and Bertie and Jeeves -- what you might call a Wodehouse full house. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Salomon and Joseph Abbey

Thank You, Jeeves (1934)

It all begins when Bertie Wooster decides to take up the banjolele seriously and Jeeves objects, leading to a parting of the ways, but they meet again in the chaos that is Chuffnell Regis, and after the banjolele is destroyed in an act of arson by Be... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Salomon and Joseph Abbey

Thank You, Jeeves! (1934)

It all begins when Bertie Wooster decides to take up the banjolele seriously and Jeeves objects, leading to a parting of the ways, but they meet again in the chaos that is Chuffnell Regis, and after the banjolele is destroyed in an act of arson by Be... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): James Montgomery Flagg

Babar the King (1935)

Babar and the elephants build a beautiful and happy city called Celesteville. But one fateful day a snake arrives.

Author(s): Jean de Brunhoff
Illustrator(s): Jean de Brunhoff

Blandings Castle (1935)

A collection of a dozen short stories about Lord Emsworth and his Blandings estate. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): None

Blandings Castle (1935)

A collection of a dozen short stories about Lord Emsworth and his Blandings estate.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): None

A Century of Humour (1935)

A collection of humorous pieces from the last (nineteenth) and early twentieth centuries. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Enter Psmith (1935)

Originally published as the second part of Mike. On his first day at his new public school Mike meets Psmith, the P is silent, a superannuated Etonian.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Enter Psmith (1935)

Originally published as the second part of Mike. On his first day at his new public school Mike meets Psmith, the P is silent, a superannuated Etonian. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Gone Is Gone: The Story of a Man Who Wanted to Do Housework (1935)

Fritzl works hard in the fields every day. Liesi works hard all day, too. But when Fritzl complains about how hard he works and how easy Liesi has it, they trade places. The outcome is hilarious. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Wanda Gág
Illustrator(s): Wanda Gág

The Luck of the Bodkins (1935)

Monty Bodkin bought the Mickey Mouse doll with the removable head for his fiancee Gertrude Butterwick, but his brother’s boss, head of Superba-Llewellyn Motion Pictures has a more urgent need for it. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Salomon and Joseph Abbey

The Modern Struwwelpeter (1935)

An updating of the classic German satire, these sketches were first published in Punch.

Author(s): Jan Struther
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Mulliner Omnibus (1935)

A collection of Mr. Mulliner stories from Mr. Mulliner Speaking, Meet Mr. Mulliner, Mulliner Nights and the Mr. Mulliner stories from Blandings Castle (Blandings Castle and Elsewhere.) Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Salomon and Joseph Abbey

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 Worshipful Lucia (1935)

Lucia decides to devote herself to public service, much to the entertainment of her friends and enemies. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): E. F. Benson
Illustrator(s): None

All About Lucia (1936)

An anthology containing “Queen Lucia”, Lucia in London, Miss Mapp and Mapp and Lucia.... View More

Author(s): E. F. Benson
Illustrator(s): None

Giant Otto (1936)

Otto the giant otterhound and his friend Duke join the French Foreign Legion and singlehanded or pawed defeat the enemy.

Author(s): William Pène du Bois
Illustrator(s): William Pène du Bois

The Golden Basket (1936)

Two girls from England are on holiday in Bruges, Belgium and meet the littlest orphan, Madeleine.

Author(s): Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s): Ludwig Bemelmans

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1937
Newbery Honor Book
Junior Literary Guild - 1936

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