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Kenn Aylward Nesbitt is a children's
poet[1][2][3] He has
written a number of collections of children's poetry, listed below,
and he created the popular children's poetry website poetry4kids.com.
He was born on February 20, 1962 in Berkeley, California. He grew up in Fresno
and San Diego, California, United States.
He is a writer of humorous poetry for children, including the
books My Hippo Has the Hiccups and Revenge of the
Lunch Ladies. Kenn Nesbitt has collaborated with poet Linda
Knaus on one collection of Christmas poems entitled Santa Got
Stuck in the Chimney and with children's musician Eric Herman on several
CDs. His poems also appear in numerous anthologies of humorous
children's poetry. Nesbitt's writing often includes imagery of
outrageous happenings, before ending on a realistic note. Being
children's poems, many make fun of school life.
He lives in Spokane, Washington, with his wife Ann, his son Max
and his daughter Madison.
Bibliography
- Nesbitt, K. (2010). The Tighty-Whitey Spider: And More
Wacky Animal Poems I Totally Made Up. Sourcebooks.
- Nesbitt, K. (2009). My Hippo Has the Hiccups: And Other
Poems I Totally Made Up. Sourcebooks.
- Nesbitt, K. (2007). Revenge of the Lunch Ladies: The
Hilarious Book of School Poetry. Meadowbrook Press.
- Nesbitt, K. and Knaus, L. (2006). Santa Got Stuck in the
Chimney. Meadowbrook Press.
- Nesbitt, K. (2005). When the Teacher Isn't Looking: And
Other Funny School Poems. Meadowbrook Press.
- Nesbitt, K. (2001). The Aliens Have Landed!
Meadowbrook Press.
Anthologies
Kenn Nesbitt's poems also appear in the following
anthlogies.
- Lansky, B. (2009). What I Did on My Summer Vacation.
Meadowbrok Press.
- Lansky, B. (2008). I Hope I Don't Strike Out.
Meadowbrook Press.
- Lansky, B. (2007). I've Been Burping in the Classroom.
Meadowbrook Press.
- Lansky, B. (2006). Peter, Peter, Pizza Eater.
Meadowbrook Press.
- Lansky, B. (2006). My Teacher's in Detention.
Meadowbrook Press.
- (2005). If I Ran the School. Scholastic.
- Lansky, B. (2004). If Kids Ruled the School.
Meadowbrook Press.
- Lansky, B. (2004). Rolling in the Aisles. Meadowbrook
Press.
- (2004) My Dog Does My Homework. Scholastic.
- (2003) I Like it Here at School. Scholastic.
- Lansky, B. (1998). Miles of Smiles. Meadowbrook
Press.
- Lansky, B. (1997). No More Homework! No More Tests!.
Meadowbrook Press.
- Lansky, B. (1997). A Bad Case of the Giggles.
Meadowbrook Press.
- Lansky, B. (1991). Kids Pick the Funniest Poems.
Meadowbrook Press.
References
- ^
Time for Kids.
(2009). "Words to Laugh By." In TIME for Kids, April 3,
2009. New York, NY: TIME for Kids.
- ^
Weekly Reader.
(2007). "Poets Write Poems." In Weekly Reader Edition 2, Issue
22. Stamford, CT: Weekly Reader Corporation. p. 2
- ^
The Poetry Foundation. (2007). "Lunchbox
Poems." In Online Journal. Chicago, IL: The Poetry
Foundation.
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