reading level: Grade 5

Poems suitable for reading by 10-11 year olds.

Bigfoot’s Shoe Emporium
Mr. Meecher, Science Teacher
Today We Had Some Weather
I Have to Write a Poem
The Tiger and the Zebra
Be Grateful for Your Epidermis by Kenn Nesbitt
Be Grateful for Your Epidermis
Steve the Superhero
Banana Dan
My Dog is Running Faster
The Weasel and the Whale
Our Mother's at a Meeting by Kenn Nesbitt
Our Mother’s at a Meeting
Jessica Jean by Kenn Nesbitt
Jessica Jean
When Pigs Fly
My Nostril Smells Awesomeby Kenn Nesbitt
My Nostril Smells Awesome
The Dancing Baboon of Djibouti
If You Give a Mouse a Motorcycle
School Year Extension by Kenn Nesbitt
School Year Extension
Don’t Ever Ask a Centipede
The Dragon on the Playground by Kenn Nesbitt
The Dragon on the Playground
Brody the Emoticon by Kenn Nesbitt
Brody the Emoticon
An Ordinary Day
My Kiwi Is the Captain
I'm Always in Parentheses by Kenn Nesbitt
(I’m Always in Parentheses)
Oh My Darling, Frankenstein

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