reading level: Grade 3
                            Poems suitable for reading by 8-9 year olds.
                        
                
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            I Tried to Catch a Leprechaun
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            I Like It When It’s Quiet
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            Liverwurst Pie
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            The Leaves Are Falling Off the Trees
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            The Cow on the Hill
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            My Teacher Calls Me Sweetie Cakes
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            I Built a Big Building
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            I Tried to Do My Homework
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            The Pirate of Pickletown
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            Belinda Bell
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            A Tiny, Spiny Dinosaur
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            Horror Movie Marathon
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            Hannah’s Hammer
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            My Legs Both Understand Me
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            My Kitten Had an Accident
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            This Poem’s Not About a Dog
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            Swimming Ool
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            You Can Never Be Too Careful
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            The Book of Glue
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            No More Water
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            How Not to Cook
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            My Absolutely True Life Story
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            I Don’t Know What to Do Today
                         
                     
                    
                                        
                        
                            
                                                             
                            Octopus for Lunch