reading level: Grade 3

Poems suitable for reading by 8-9 year olds.

My Legs Both Understand Me
My Kitten Had an Accident
This Poem's Not About a Dog by Kenn Nesbitt
This Poem’s Not About a Dog
Swimming Ool
The Book of Glue by Kenn Nesbitt
The Book of Glue
Octopus for Lunch
The Geese Are Honking Overhead by Kenn Nesbitt
The Geese Are Honking Overhead
Santa Brought a Bar of Soap
My Absolutely True Life Story by Kenn Nesbitt
My Absolutely True Life Story
My Smelly Telephone by Kenn Nesbitt
My Smelly Telephone
I like It When It's Quiet by Kenn Nesbitt
I Like It When It’s Quiet
I Taught My Cat to Clean My Room
Captain Impossible by Kenn Nesbitt
Captain Impossible
I've Started Getting Younger by Kenn Nesbitt
I’ve Started Getting Younger
I Got My Mom a Valentine by Kenn Nesbitt
I Got My Mom a Valentine
The Armpit of Doom by Kenn Nesbitt
The Armpit of Doom
How Not to Cook by Kenn Nesbitt
How Not to Cook
Toucan Can-Can by Kenn Nesbitt
Toucan Can-Can
A Feast for a Frog
My Knee Is for Me by Kenn Nesbitt
My Knee Is for Me
Don't Ever Bite Your Sister by Kenn Nesbitt
Don’t Ever Bite Your Sister
Candy Love
Hyper Nate
It's a Farmer's Job to Farm by Kenn Nesbitt
It’s a Farmer’s Job to Farm

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