reading level: Grade 3

Poems suitable for reading by 8-9 year olds.

My Dog Is Not the Smartest Dog
Charlie Has the Chicken Pox by Kenn Nesbitt
Charlie Has the Chicken Pox
Costume Classroom by Kenn Nesbitt
Costume Classroom
Monkey Dream
I Like Myself the Way I Am by Kenn Nesbitt
I Like Myself the Way I Am
Mr. Obvious
An Echo in My Room
One Warm Sunny Day by Kenn Nesbitt
One Warm, Sunny Day
I Didn’t Do It
My Cat Goes Flying Through the Air
Bob’s Sled
Betty Met a Yeti
Halloween Party
My Parents Are Making Me Crazy by Kenn Nesbitt
My Parents Are Making Me Crazy
My Dog Plays Invisible Frisbee
My Frog Recycles All His Trash
A Sheep is Asleep On My Sofa
I Got Some Hot Sauce in My Eye
I Wrote an Awful Poem by Kenn Nesbitt
I Wrote an Awful Poem
My Kitty Likes My Goldfish by Kenn Nesbitt
My Kitty Likes My Goldfish
My Father Looks Like Frankenstein by Kenn Nesbitt
My Father Looks Like Frankenstein
Elementary by Kenn Nesbitt
Elementary
Mr. Mirror
When Flowers Wake Each Morning by Kenn Nesbitt
When Flowers Wake Each Morning

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