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Humorous Genre
Books in the Humorous genre:
Eloise (1955)
Author(s):
Kay Thompson
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Frog Went A-Courtin’ (1955)
Frog went a-courtin’, he did ride
Sword and pistol by his side.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
John Langstaff
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Junket: The Dog Who Liked Everything Just So (1955)
Author(s):
Anne H. White
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
On Beyond Zebra! (1955)
The Rabbit’s Umbrella (1955)
This is the story of a streetcar, a thimble factory, a gang of robbers, a boy who wanted a dog, and a rabbit with an umbrella.
Author(s):
George Plimpton
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1956)
An omnibus edition illustrated by Norman Rockwell of these two classic novels. All of the original illustrations may not be present.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Norman Rockwell
Barkis (1956)
Some precise and some speculative interpretations of the meaning of a dog’s bark at certain times and in certain [illustrated] circumstances.
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
The Bulls and the Bees (1956)
A humorous account of the author’s boyhood on a Connecticut farm.
Author(s):
Roger Eddy
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
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
French Leave (1956)
The story of three American sisters in France - and the men they meet. Based on a play ‘Three Blind Mice’ by Guy Bolton.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Rudolf Michael Sachs
Harry the Dirty Dog (1956)
Harry was a white dog with black spots who liked everything . . . except getting a bath.
Author(s):
Gene Zion
Illustrator(s):
Margaret Bloy Graham
Hunting with Mr. Jorrocks (1956)
Selections from the humorous sporting novel Handley Cross.
Author(s):
R. S. Surtees
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
If I Ran the Circus (1956)
Madeline and the Bad Hat (1956)
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Pippi Goes Aboard (1956)
Further adventures of the strongest girl in the world and her friends Tommy and Annika.
Author(s):
Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator(s):
Richard Kennedy
A Short Trot with a Cultured Mind Through Some Experiences of a Humorous Nature (1956)
A collection of humorous essays.
Author(s):
Patrick Campbell
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Animal Stories (1957)
Author(s):
Georges Duplaix
Beth Greiner Hoffman
Miryam Yardumian
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Best of Leacock (1957)
Selections from 32 books. Something between the amiable nonsense of English humor and the hard-cutting wit and satire of American humor. Edited and introduced by J.B. Priestley.
Author(s):
Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Bodley Head Leacock (1957)
An anthology of Stephen Leacock stories filled with humor and wit.
Author(s):
Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Butler Did It (1957)
When the ex-butler Keggs informs one of the two remaining competitors for the payout of a ‘last son to be married’ tontine of its existence matters begin to get complicated in a hurry.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Dick Dodge