reading level: Grade 3

Poems suitable for reading by 8-9 year olds.

Elaine the Complainer by Kenn Nesbitt
Elaine the Complainer
My Mother Does My Homework
Hip-Hop Christmas
Mother's Day Breakfast by Kenn Nesbitt
Mother’s Day Breakfast
Coming Soon by Kenn Nesbitt
Coming Soon!
A Random Poem by Kenn Nesbitt
A Random Poem
My Left Left by Kenn Nesbitt
My Left Left
My Dog Is Always Shivering by Kenn Nesbitt
My Dog Is Always Shivering
I Found a Penny on the Ground
You Need to Wear a Mask by Kenn Nesbitt
You Need to Wear a Mask
My Job at the Calendar Factory by Kenn Nesbitt
My Job at the Calendar Factory
Deer Mrs. Teecher
My Favorite Word is Floofy
Rumplestiltskin
My Lunch Gave Me a Tummy Ache
My World Is Turning Downside-Up by Kenn Nesbitt
My World Is Turning Downside-Up
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
You Can Argue with a Tennis Ball
You Can Argue with a Tennis Ball
Last Night I Made Friends with a Giant
My Mother Drives Me Everywhere
Welcome Back to School
I Need to Do My Homework
Warm or Storm?

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