Humorous Genre
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)
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
The Complete Peterkin Papers (1960)
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.
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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)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Robert Shore
Jack Mack (1960)
Author(s):
Robert Paul Smith
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Jeeves in the Offing (1960)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Lemonade Trick (1960)
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.
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Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Paul Bacon
One fish two fish red fish blue fish (1960)
More nonsense verse from Dr. Seuss.
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The Three Policemen or, Young Bottsford of Farbe Island (1960)
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)
Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Ice in the Bedroom (1961)
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)
Author(s):
no first name George
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
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