reading level: Grade 3

Poems suitable for reading by 8-9 year olds.

You Can Never Be Too Careful by Kenn Nesbitt
You Can Never Be Too Careful
Hannah’s Hammer
My Legs Both Understand Me
My Kitten Had an Accident
Benny’s Back Yard Barbershop
This Poem's Not About a Dog by Kenn Nesbitt
This Poem’s Not About a Dog
Swimming Ool
A Spring in My Step
A Spring in My Step
Octopus for Lunch
The Book of Glue by Kenn Nesbitt
The Book of Glue
Belinda Bell
The Geese Are Honking Overhead by Kenn Nesbitt
The Geese Are Honking Overhead
My Absolutely True Life Story by Kenn Nesbitt
My Absolutely True Life Story
Santa Brought a Bar of Soap
My Smelly Telephone by Kenn Nesbitt
My Smelly Telephone
Captain Impossible by Kenn Nesbitt
Captain Impossible
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
I've Started Getting Younger by Kenn Nesbitt
I’ve Started Getting Younger
How Not to Cook by Kenn Nesbitt
How Not to Cook
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
Toucan Can-Can by Kenn Nesbitt
Toucan Can-Can
My Knee Is for Me by Kenn Nesbitt
My Knee Is for Me

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