reading level: Grade 3

Poems suitable for reading by 8-9 year olds.

I’m Not Afraid of the Dark
A Pug is a Dog
Nate the Creative
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
I'm Growing a Truck in the Garden by Kenn Nesbitt
I’m Growing a Truck in the Garden
Transportation Vacation
Benjamin Plays Bass Guitar by Kenn Nesbitt
Benjamin Plays Bass Guitar
I Have a Pet Chameleon by Kenn Nesbitt
I Have a Pet Chameleon
Try to Lick Your Elbow
I Found Myself Upon a Cow
The Man from Timbuktu by Kenn Nesbitt
The Man From Timbuktu
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
Slightly Rainy Day by Kenn Nesbitt
Slightly Rainy Day
The Technobabylonians
The Technobabylonians
My Feet by Kenn Nesbitt
My Feet
Photographer icon representing the poem "Picture Day" by Kenn Nesbitt
Picture Day
I Like My Triangular Kitten
I Like My Triangular Kitten

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