reading level: Grade 3

Poems suitable for reading by 8-9 year olds.

I'm Growing a Truck in the Garden by Kenn Nesbitt
I’m Growing a Truck in the Garden
Benjamin Plays Bass Guitar by Kenn Nesbitt
Benjamin Plays Bass Guitar
Transportation Vacation
Try to Lick Your Elbow
The Man from Timbuktu by Kenn Nesbitt
The Man From Timbuktu
I Found Myself Upon a Cow
I Have a Pet Chameleon by Kenn Nesbitt
I Have a Pet Chameleon
The Summer Isn't Like a Book by Kenn Nesbitt
The Summer Isn’t Like a Book
Just a Slug
My Grandpa
I'll Never by Kenn Nesbitt
I’ll Never
The Technobabylonians
The Technobabylonians
Slightly Rainy Day by Kenn Nesbitt
Slightly Rainy Day
My Feet by Kenn Nesbitt
My Feet
I Like My Triangular Kitten
I Like My Triangular Kitten
Our Family's Not from Mercury by Kenn Nesbitt
Our Family’s Not from Mercury
It's Fun to Leave the Spaces Out by Kenn Nesbitt
It’sFunToLeaveTheSpacesOut
Betsy Burped the ABCs by Kenn Nesbitt
Betsy Burped the ABC’s
Be-were of Neighbor by Kenn Nesbitt
Be-were of Neighbor
He Flies Down the Hall
I Made a Hat by Kenn Nesbitt
I Made a Hat
I Tried to Catch a Snowflake
My Mother Was a Hippie by Kenn Nesbitt
My Mother Was a Hippie
My Tutor’s a Flutist

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