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Books in the Humorous genre:

Otto in Texas (1959)

Giant Otto and his friend Duke pay a visit to Texas. Otto unearths a gang of rustlers and earns a Texas sized medal.

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

The Trampoline (1959)

Miss Pleak installs a trampoline in her back yard, and in no time the whole town goes trampoline mad.

Author(s): John Pudney
Illustrator(s): John Verney

Will Spring Be Early? or Will Spring Be Late? (1959)

It is the second of February and the groundhog is on his way to tell the animals when spring will arrive. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

The Complete Peterkin Papers (1960)

This compilation of the adventures of the Peterkins and the Lady from Philadelphia who solves their difficulties, includes The Peterkin Papers, The Last of the Peterkins and some hitherto uncollected stories.... View More

Author(s): Lucretia P. Hale
Illustrator(s): Various

Don Quixote: Some of His Adventures (1960)

Here are presented some of the most famous adventures of that ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha.

Author(s): Mary Irene Cathcart Borer
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Green Eggs and Ham (1960)

Sam I am wants me to eat his green eggs and ham.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Dr. Seuss
Illustrator(s): Dr. Seuss

Harry and the Lady Next Door (1960)

Harry does not like it when the lady next door proves to be a singer, and he tries his best to make her stop.

Author(s): Gene Zion
Illustrator(s): Margaret Bloy Graham

How Right You Are, Jeeves (1960)

Bertie reads the engagement announcements in the Times and discovers to his horror that he is once again engaged to Bobbie Wickham. There are wheels within wheels of course and to cap it all Jeeves is off on his annual vacation so Bertie must struggl... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Robert Shore

Jack Mack (1960)

A collection of tongue-twisters.

Author(s): Robert Paul Smith
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Jeeves in the Offing (1960)

Bertie reads the engagement announcements in the Times and discovers to his horror that he is once again engaged to Bobbie Wickham. There are wheels within wheels of course and to cap it all Jeeves is off on his annual vacation so Bertie must struggl... View More

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

The Lemonade Trick (1960)

A mysterious potion mixed by Kerby with his chemistry set has a beneficial effect on the neighborhood bully but also wreaks havoc at the Sunday School pageant. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Scott Corbett
Illustrator(s): Paul Galdone

The Most of P.G. Wodehouse (1960)

A collection of short stories and the complete novel Quick Service.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Paul Bacon

One fish two fish red fish blue fish (1960)

More nonsense verse from Dr. Seuss.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Dr. Seuss
Illustrator(s): Dr. Seuss

The Three Policemen or, Young Bottsford of Farbe Island (1960)

The ingenuity of ten-year-old Bottsford enables the three clownish policemen of an isolated idyllic isle to catch thieves who have been stealing the islanders’ fish and fishing nets. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1961)

Set along the Mississippi River, this book traces the adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Jim, a fugitive slave. The Great American Novel.

 

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Best of Botts (1961)

Alexander Botts, world’s greatest salesman, sells Caterpillar tractors all over the United States, in France and New Guinea.

Author(s): William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s): Larry Lurin

Hilary Knight’s ABC (1961)

A mostly animal ABC.

Author(s): Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

The Ice in the Bedroom (1961)

Leila Yorke takes a villa in Valley Fields next door to Freddy Widgeon, who just happens to be besotted of her secretary Sally Foster, so she can write her grey ‘Hardy/Gissing’ novel to astound the critics of her romance novels. Complicat... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Paul Bacon

The Last of the Wizards (1961)

Peter thinks he has outsmarted the old wizard when he uses his three wishes to wish for more wishes, but has he?

Author(s): Rona Jaffe
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

My Little Golden Book of Jokes (1961)

A classic collection of jokes, riddles, boners and groaners.

Author(s): no first name George
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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