Me

By: Karla Kuskin

"My nose is blue,

My teeth are green,

My face is like a soup tureen.

I look just like a lima bean.

I'm very, very lovely.

My feet are far too short

And long.

My hands are left and right

And wrong.

My voice is like the hippo's song.

I'm very, very,

Very, very,

Very, very

Lovely?"

Tony Baloney

By: Dennis Lee

Tony Baloney is fibbing again -

Look at him wiggle and try to pretend.

Tony Baloney is telling a lie:

Phony old Tony Baloney, goodbye!

Why Run?

By: Norah Smaridge

Jane won't touch a caterpillar,

Mary's frightened of a mouse,

Sally shrieks and runs for Daddy

When a moth flies in the house.

Pam's afraid of shiny beetles,

Spiders make Melinda squirm,

Susan nearly has HYS-Ter)ICS

If you chase her with a worm!

Aren't they foolish to be frightened?

Fancy making such a fuss

Over harmless creepy-crawlies

Who are scared to death - of US.

Table Manners

By: Gelett Burgess

The Goops they lick their fingers,

And the Goops they lick their knives;

They spill their broth on the tablecloth -

Oh, they lead disgusting lives!

The Goops they talk while eating,

And loud and fast they chew;

And that is why I'm glad that I

Am not a Goop - are you?

Ten Kinds

By: Mary Mapes Dodge

Winnie Whiney, all things grieve her;

Fannie Fibber, who'd believe her?

Lotty Loozem, late to school, sire;

Albert Allplay, quite a fool, sir;

Kitty Kissem, loved by many;

George Grump, not loved by any;

Ralph Ruff - beware his fist, sir;

Tillie Tattle, like a blister;

Gus Goodactin, bright and cheery;

Sammy Selfish, sour and dreary.

Do you know them, as I've sung them?

East 'tis to choose among them.