Kindle Instant Preview – The Biggest Burp Ever
Kindle Instant Preview – The Biggest Burp Ever Psst! Want to read a funny book? You can preview the Kindle edition of my book The Biggest Burp Ever by clicking on Preview button below. Happy reading!
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2016 TIME for Kids Poetry Contest
2016 TIME for Kids Poetry Contest Calling all poets! TIME For Kids has a challenge for you: Write a funny, rhyming poem. It must be an original poem that does not copy another poet’s work. Enter it in...
View ArticleSam, Who Only Ate Jam
Sam, Who Only Ate Jam This is fun. Andy Mason has done a terrific job of setting my poem “Sam, Only Ate Jam” to music and creating a new video for it. If you like this song, you’ll find more of Andy’s...
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New Book: Believe it or Not, My Brother Has a Monster
New Book: Believe it or Not, My Brother Has a Monster I’m so excited to finally be able to announce the release of my newest book, Believe it or Not, My Brother Has a Monster, published by Scholastic...
View ArticleHow to Write a Tongue Twister
How to Write a Tongue Twister Tongue twisters are one of the most fun forms of wordplay for kids. The more challenging they are to speak, the more fun they can be. Most tongue twisters take one of...
View ArticleList of Rhyming Sports and Games
Sports and Games that Rhyme If you are writing a poem, especially a list poem, that includes games or sports, you may find it useful to have a list of names of sports and games that rhyme. Here are a...
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New Book: Bigfoot Is Missing!
New Book: Bigfoot Is Missing! Today is the birthday of my newest book, Bigfoot Is Missing!, co-authored with former Children’s Poet Laureate, J. Patrick Lewis. Pat and I had a terrific time researching...
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TIME for Kids 2015 Poetry Contest Winnners
TIME for Kids 2015 Poetry Contest Winners Illustration by Kelly Kennedy Congratulations to the winners of the 2015 TIME for Kids Poetry Contest! There were over 1700 entries this year! I had fun...
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How to Write a Traditional Nursery Rhyme
How to Write a Traditional “Mother Goose” Nursery Rhyme Some of the best known children’s poetry in the English language are the “nursery rhymes” of Mother Goose. Though no one knows for certain if...
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2015 TIME for Kids Poetry Contest
2015 TIME for Kids Poetry Contest Calling all poets! TIME For Kids has a challenge for you: Write a funny, rhyming poem. It must be an original poem that does not copy another poet’s work. Enter it in...
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NEW BOOK! The Biggest Burp Ever: Funny Poems for Kids
NEW BOOK! The Biggest Burp Ever: Funny Poems for Kids Today marks the release of my newest collection of hilarious children’s poetry. The Biggest Burp Ever: Funny Poems for Kids contains 70 new...
View ArticleRhyming Cities, States, Countries
Rhyming Places List If you ever find yourself writing a poem that involves geographical locations — cities, states, countries, etc. – you may find it helpful to have a list of places that rhyme with...
View ArticleMy Teacher Took My iPod
My Teacher Took My iPod – Video Here is a video of me reciting my poem “My Teacher Took My iPod,” from the book Revenge of the Lunch Ladies. When I was a student, iPods hadn’t been invented yet, but...
View ArticleMy Puppy Punched Me In the Eye
My Puppy Punched Me In the Eye – Video Here is a video of me reciting my poem “My Puppy Punched Me In the Eye,” from the book My Hippo Has the Hiccups. I’ve had a lot of different pets, including cats,...
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BLOG TOUR: My Writing Process
My Writing Process – Blog Tour My friend Kelly Milner Halls recently participated in the Writing Process Blog Tour on her blog and asked me if I would follow her in the tour, answering a few questions...
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Five Ways to Overcome Writer’s Block
5 Ways to Overcome Writer’s Block “Writer’s block” is an expression that describes how it feels when it seems like you can’t write. Maybe you’re working on a particular poem and then you just start to...
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Happy Birthday, Edward Lear
Happy Birthday to Edward Lear! May 12 is the birthday of English poet Edward Lear, who would be 202 years old if he were still alive. He is well known for his drawings as well as for the poems and...
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Ten Ways to Celebrate Poem In Your Pocket Day
10 Ways to Celebrate Poem in Your Pocket Day You might have heard that every year, the month of April is National Poetry Month. But did you know that Thursday, April 24 is Poem in Your Pocket Day? This...
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Rhythm in Poetry – Okie Dokie, Here’s the Trochee
Rhythm in Poetry – Okie Dokie, Here’s the Trochee In the last Rhythm in Poetry lesson, we talked about the “iamb,” a two-syllable poetic foot with the stress on the second syllable. The reverse of the...
View ArticlePoems Now Sorted by Reading Level
Poems Organized by Grade Level There are always at least 100 funny poems for kids on Poetry4kids.com, which you have always been able to choose from based on their popularity or subject matter. Now...
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