reading level: Grade 3

Poems suitable for reading by 8-9 year olds.

A Rock Makes an Excellent Puppy
I Bought a Pet Banana by Kenn Nesbitt
I Bought a Pet Banana
Captain Talkalot
I Have Noodles in My Nostrils by Kenn Nesbitt
I Have Noodles in My Nostrils
My Turtle Is the Sporting Sort
December I Went Shopping
Today I Had a Problem by Kenn Nesbitt
Today I Had a Problem
Carl the Cookie Carrier
Mithing Tooth by Kenn Nesbitt
Mithing Tooth
Underneath an Apple Tree by Kenn Nesbitt
Underneath an Apple Tree
Fred’s Head
My Dog Is Not Like Other Dogs
A Dinosaur for Christmas
Hap-the-Happy-Hyphenator by Kenn Nesbitt
Hap-the-Happy-Hyphenator
Georgie Porgie
December Substitute by Kenn Nesbitt
December Substitute
Nate the Creative
I’m Not Afraid of the Dark
A Pug is a Dog
Clippity Cloppity Bippity Boop by Kenn Nesbitt
Clippity Cloppity Bippity Boop
Lousy Catcher’s Mitt
I Cloned Myself on Friday Night by Kenn Nesbitt
I Cloned Myself on Friday Night
Bloome the Human Boomerang
Sea Monster's Complaint by Kenn Nesbitt
Sea Monster’s Complaint

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