CONTENTS
Introduction
Me
I’m Glad I’m Me
Phil Bolsta
Clatter
Joyce Armor
Today I Had a Rotten Day
Kenn Nesbitt
If I Were Ruler of the World
Bill Dodds
Daydream
Joyce Armor
Parents
Turn Off the TV!
Bruce Lansky
Measles
Bruce Lansky
Who, Me?
Joyce Armor
On the Day That I Was Born
Bruce Lansky
On the Night That I Was Born
Bruce Lansky
Michael OToole
Phil Bolsta
Stomach Ache Supreme
Geraldine Nicholas
A Snake Named Rover
Maxine Jeffris
The Backwards Bob Rap
Larry Cohen and Steve Zweig
Brothers and Sisters
My Brother
Marci Ridlon
The Toothless Wonder
Phil Bolsta
The Naughty Word
Bill Dodds
I Love Him Anyway
Joyce Armor
Recipe for Making Mud Pies
Don Stewart
Sweet Dreams
Joyce Armor
Friends
Gloria
Joyce Armor
Willie the Burper
Bill Dodds
Lovesick
Bruce Lansky
I Think You’re Cute
Bruce Lansky
Could Have Been Worse
Bill Dodds
Katie Kissed Me
Christine Lynn Mahoney
Talented Family
Kenn Meshitt
School
Look Out!
Max Fatchen
Confession
Bruce Lansky
Mrs. Stein
Bill Dodds
A Student’s Prayer
Anonymous
I Should Have Studied
Bruce Lansky
A Bad Case of Sneezes
Bruce Lansky
My First Poem
Bill Dodds
Freddie
Phil Bolsta
I Love to Do My Homework
Anonymous
Bug
Lois Simmie
Disasters
What I Left Where
Bruce Lansky
Icky
Joyce Armor
The Kindergarten Concert
Robert Pottle
My Puppy Loves Flowers
Bruce Lansky
I’d Rather
Bruce Lansky
Don’t Pinch!
Bruce Lansky
Tinkle, Tinkle, Little Cat
Kathy Kenney-Marshall
Monsters
Science Homework
Kenn Nesbitt
Sock Monster
Lois Simmie
The Monsters in My Closet
Phil Bolsta
A Sorcerer Has Cursed Me
Harry Wozniak
Strange Stories
A Strange Tale
Anonymous
Help Wanted
Timothy Tocher
Greedy Dog
James Hurley
I Saw a Jolly Hunter
Charles Causley
When the Bubble Burst
Bruce Lansky
Night, Knight
Anonymous
Foolish Questions
William Cole
A Poem on the Wrong Track
Louis Phillips
* (Untitled)
Charles Wilkins
Scrambled
Bruce Lansky
Our First Kiss
Bruce Lansky
Advice
Rules to Live By
Linda Knaus
How I Quit Sucking My Thumb
Bruce Lansky
Today Is Your Lucky Day
Bruce Lansky
My Dumb Cat
Bruce Lansky
Have To’s
Bruce Lansky
New Year’s Resolution
Bruce Lansky
Stop Sniffling!
Bruce Lansky
Credits
About Bruce Lansky