English for Young Learners

language learning materials younger children

Poems





What is Pink? by Christina Rossetti

Edwards Lear

Lear wrote comic verse for children (including
The Owl and the Pussy Cat) and limericks or 'nonsense' -poems:
There was an Old Man with a beard
There was a Young Lady whose chin
There was an Old Man with a nose

Hilaire Belloc

Belloc is most famous for his 'Cautionary Verse'. These are funny poems about terrible things happening to naughty children.

Elephant * Frog *Polar Bear *Lion
Jim * Hilaire Belloc Crossword