Best of
Funny

1962

A Leg at Each Corner


Norman Thelwell - 1962
    This reissue of his classic book of pony cartoons gives a reminder of the late master's peculiar genius.

The Points Of My Compass


E.B. White - 1962
    

O Ye Jigs and Juleps!


Virginia Cary Hudson - 1962
    With over 1 million copies sold, this humorous collection of small-town Americana has become a modern-day classic, celebrating the honesty and charm of a child's world at the turn of the century. On Moses: "I got so tired of Moses walking forty years and never getting to where he was going. I sure would have bought myself a mule." On the library: "In the library there are signs. Silence. Mrs. Simons [the librarian] must not know they are there. She talks the whole long day." These naively trouncing concepts of school, church etiquette, and everlasting life are both a child's mischievous collection of impressions and an adult's hilarious comeuppance.

The Trouble with Angels


Jane Trahey - 1962
    originally published with the title: Life with Mother Superior