English for Young Learners younger children

Poems

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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