reading level: Grade 3

Poems suitable for reading by 8-9 year olds.

I Got Some Hot Sauce in My Eye
I Wrote an Awful Poem by Kenn Nesbitt
I Wrote an Awful Poem
Mr. Mirror
Emilio, Emilio
My Kitty Likes My Goldfish by Kenn Nesbitt
My Kitty Likes My Goldfish
My Father Looks Like Frankenstein by Kenn Nesbitt
My Father Looks Like Frankenstein
A Sheep is Asleep On My Sofa
When Flowers Wake Each Morning by Kenn Nesbitt
When Flowers Wake Each Morning
My Chicken’s On the Internet
Humpty’s Big Fall
My Brother's Lips Are Sealed by Kenn Nesbitt
My Brother’s Lips Are Sealed
My City
Happy Birthday
Brand New Cat by Kenn Nesbitt
Brand New Cat
Calculator, Calculator by Kenn Nesbitt
Calculator, Calculator
I’m Getting Sick of Peanut Butter
Elementary by Kenn Nesbitt
Elementary
The Dentist Pulled My Tooth Out
Making Cakes by Kenn Nesbitt
Making Cakes
The One Thing I Won't Eat by Kenn Nesbitt
The One Thing I Won’t Eat
I'm Thinking of Writing a Poem Today by Kenn Nesbitt
I’m Thinking of Writing a Poem Today
Ancient by Kenn Nesbitt
Ancient
My Pet Germs
I Dreamed I Was Riding a Zebra

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