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Books in the Humorous genre:

Pride and Prejudice (1940)

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When Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy refuses to dance with her Elizabeth Bennett is confirmed in her prejudice that he is filled with pride. On further acquaintance she is forced to revise her opinion.

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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Quick Service (1940)

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J.B. Duff, proprietor of the Paramount Ham wants the portrait of his old flame for an advertisement. Plenty of people fall all over themselves trying to steal it for him and a couple of them end up falling in love.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Donald McKay

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Quick Service (1940)

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J.B. Duff, proprietor of the Paramount Ham wants the portrait of his old flame for an advertisement. Plenty of people fall all over themselves trying to steal it for him and a couple of them end up falling in love. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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With Love and Irony (1940)

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American and Chinese cultural humor book.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Yutang Lin
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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Wodehouse on Golf (1940)

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This collection includes Golf without Tears, Divots, ‘The Medicine Girl’ from The Crime Wave at Blandings and three stories from Young Men in Spats.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Herbert F. Roese

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Brer Rabbit: Stories from Uncle Remus (1941)

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Twenty-four famous tales of Br’er Rabbit, his friends and his enemies.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Joel Chandler Harris
Illustrator(s): Victor Dowling
A. B. Frost

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Collier’s Collects Its Wits (1941)

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A collection of cartoons that appeared in Collier’s Weekly magazine in 1940-41.

Author(s): None
Illustrator(s): Crockett Johnson
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The Fighting Littles (1941)

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Bringing up the Greatest Generation was no easy job, but Ripley Little threw himself into it wholeheartedly.

Author(s): Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s): None

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I Discover Columbus (1941)

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Aurelio the parrot tells the real story of what happened when Columbus met Isabella in 1492. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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The Story of Simpson and Sampson (1941)

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Simpson and Sampson are twins. Simpson is always well behaved, Sampson, quite the other. Or is it the other way ’round? Another collaboration between the author and illustrator of Ferdinand.... View More

Author(s): Munro Leaf
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Yankee Doodle’s Cousins (1941)

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A compilation of stories about American folk heroes.

Author(s): Anne Malcolmson
Illustrator(s): Robert McCloskey

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Anybody at Home? (1942)

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The short verses in Anybody at Home? ask children to identify various homes and the animals and objects that live there. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): H. A. Rey
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

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Money in the Bank (1942)

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Lord Uffenham has forgotten where he put the diamonds. Meanwhile he is working as a butler for his tenant who has turned Shipley Hall into a health farm. His niece Anne is engaged to the wrong man, but finds Jeff in the end. This novel was written wh... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Donald McKay

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Poo-Poo and the Dragons (1942)

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The creator of Captain Horatio Hornblower told this story to his little boy to help him eat when he was feeling sad because his mother was away on a visit.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Poo-Poo and the Dragons (1942)

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The creator of Captain Horatio Hornblower, RN, made up these stories to help his little boy eat when he was sad because his mother was away. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Tree Toad: Adventures of the Kid Brother (1942)

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Bob Davis acknowledges the leadership of his older brother Bill - to both their undoings.

Author(s): Bob Davis
Illustrator(s): Charles Dana Gibson
Robert McCloskey

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Barnaby (1943)

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Barnaby was a comic strip which began April 20, 1942 in the newspaper PM and was later syndicated in 64 American newspapers (for a combined circulation of more than 5,500,000). Barnaby wishes for a fairy godmother and gets Mr. O’Malley, a cigar... View More

Author(s): Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s): Crockett Johnson

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Homer Price (1943)

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Homer Price lives just outside Centerburg with his parents who run a tourist camp and with his pet skunk, Aroma. This first book of his adventures includes the story of the night the doughnut machine at his Uncle Ulysses’ lunchroom went crazy. ... View More

Author(s): Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s): Robert McCloskey

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Keep ’Em Crawling: Earthworms at War (1943)

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Alexander Botts, Earthworm tractor salesman, gives the war effort his all.

Author(s): William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s): E. Franklin Wittmack

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The Little Woman Wanted Noise (1943)

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The little woman moved to the country, but she couldn’t rest and she had no peace of mind because it was so quiet. This story tells how she set about changing that. Robert Lawson drew the pictures.... View More

Author(s): Val Teal
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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