reading level: Grade 3

Poems suitable for reading by 8-9 year olds.

Deer Mrs. Teecher
My World Is Turning Downside-Up by Kenn Nesbitt
My World Is Turning Downside-Up
Rumplestiltskin
My Lunch Gave Me a Tummy Ache
You Can Argue with a Tennis Ball
You Can Argue with a Tennis Ball
If You're Swallowed by an Elephant by Kenn Nesbitt
If You’re Swallowed by an Elephant
Today I Decided to Make Up a Word
My Mother Drives Me Everywhere
I Need to Do My Homework
Mother's Day Breakfast by Kenn Nesbitt
Mother’s Day Breakfast
Last Night I Made Friends with a Giant
Welcome Back to School
Lost Inside a Labyrinth by Kenn Nesbitt
Lost Inside a Labyrinth
We’re Running Out of Toilet Paper
Today a Tiger Tackled Me by Kenn Nesbitt
Today a Tiger Tackled Me
Wendy Wise
I Have a Bunch of Batteries
My iPhone Did My Homework
Sunday’s Somewhat Melancholy
The Cow on the Hill by Kenn Nesbitt
The Cow on the Hill
I’m Clever Whenever
My Senses All are Backward
I Tried to Catch a Leprechaun by Kenn Nesbitt
I Tried to Catch a Leprechaun
My Sister Thinks She’s Santa Claus

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