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
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

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