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Humorous Genre
Books in the Humorous genre:
The Cow Who Fell in the Canal (1957)
Hendrika the cow is bored. When she falls into the canal, she climbs onto a scow and floats down to the city.
Author(s):
Phyllis Krasilovsky
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Dear Garbage Man (1957)
The new man on the garbage crew wants to recycle all the useful stuff they collect.
Author(s):
Gene Zion
Illustrator(s):
Margaret Bloy Graham
Don Camillo Takes the Devil by the Tail (1957)
The fourth collection of stories of a little Italian village in the valley of the Po where the priest Don Camillo battles the communist mayor Peppone.
Author(s):
Giovanni Guareschi
Illustrator(s):
Giovanni Guareschi
Eloise in Paris (1957)
Eloise invades the city of light.
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Author(s):
Kay Thompson
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
French Leave (1957)
The adventures of three American women vacationing in France
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Rudolf Michael Sachs
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957)
The Grinch can’t stand to see the Whos down in Whosville preparing for Christmas.
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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1957)
Author(s):
Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Over Seventy: An Autobiography with Digressions (1957)
P.G. Wodehouse reminisces about his career in America.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
None
Pippi Goes On Board (1957)
Further adventures of the strongest girl in the world and her friends Tommy and Annika.
Author(s):
Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator(s):
Louis S. Glanzman
Pippi in the South Seas (1957)
Pippi’s father, the cannibal king, comes to visit and she in turn takes Tommy and Annika on a visit to his south sea island.
Author(s):
Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator(s):
Louis S. Glanzman
Pippi in the South Seas (1957)
Pippi’s father, the cannibal king, comes to visit and she in turn takes Tommy and Annika on a visit to his south sea island.
Author(s):
Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator(s):
Richard Kennedy
Prefabulous Animiles (1957)
A collection of poems about fabulous animals.
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Author(s):
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Something Fishy (1957)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
None
Sugar for the Horse (1957)
More stories about he author’s deplorable Uncle Silas.
Author(s):
H. E. Bates
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Was it a Good Trade? (1957)
A little man trades his knife for a wife and a cake for a rake and ...
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Author(s):
Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
The White Bunny and His Magic Nose (1957)
Author(s):
Lily Duplaix
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Best in Children’s Books Volume 14 (1958)
Author(s):
Marjorie Flack
Dinah Maria Mulock
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Robin Jacques
Feodor Rojankovsky
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 15 (1958)
Author(s):
James Baldwin
Rudyard Kipling
Charles Perrault
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
Don Freeman
Fritz Kredel
Henry C. Pitz
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 16 (1958)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Author(s):
Hans Christian Andersen
Lucretia P. Hale
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Don Freeman
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Cocktail Time (1958)
When Pongo’s Uncle Fred, aka the fifth Earl of Ickenham, is off his leash, anything may happen, and it does.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Robert Shore